Bluetooth might require rooting, but building an android app that scans to wifi is fairly easy; they make it easy to use the scanner from your own apps -
See: http://code.google.com/p/zxing/wiki/ScanningViaIntent Simon On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:53 PM, David Mayo <pobo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks; I think I just hit a bad run of ones that only did QR or wouldn't > save/send barcodes as text. I swear I downloaded at least three, and read > the summaries for at least four others. > > What I'd really like is one that would make the phone pretend to be a > bluetooth barcode scanner, or pass the barcodes over wifi. But I think > that might be asking a bit too much. > > - Dave > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Simon Spero <s...@unc.edu> wrote: > > > "Barcode Scanner"? > > > https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android&hl=en > > > > Simon > > > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:32 PM, David Mayo <pobo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > As a sort of side question, does anyone know of a halfway-decent > Android > > > app for scanning UPC-style barcodes? QR scanners are pretty > widespread, > > > but worthless for my purposes, and I haven't found a decent 2D barcode > > > scanner yet. > > > > > > - Dave Mayo > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Michael B. Klein <mbkl...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > This: http://www.keelog.com/hardware_keylogger.html > > > > plus any USB power adapter wall plug would do the trick. > > > > > > > > There's an 8MB "flash drive" version, and also a version with a WiFi > > > > interface so you can pull the log directly over the network instead > of > > > > having to do any hardware download. > > > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Adam Wead <aw...@rockhall.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > huh. neat idea. certainly beats paying hundreds of dollars for > some > > > > > other scanner. > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 30, 2012, at 2:15 PM, Michael B. Klein wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I think Kyle's point was that you could use a hardware keylogger > > > > > *without* > > > > > > the computer behind it. Just have it "snoop" on your barcode > > scanner > > > > and > > > > > > then download the data from it daily. You'd still need to feed it > > USB > > > > > > power, but that's not hard. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Nate Vack <njv...@wisc.edu> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Kyle Banerjee < > > > baner...@uoregon.edu> > > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > >>> Since a barcode scanner is just a keyboard wedge, a hardware > > > > keylogger > > > > > >>> would work well for this purpose. It'll cost you less than $50 > > > > > >> > > > > > >> It'll only work well if you don't mind your scanner spamming > > > > > >> keypresses to the rest of your apps all day. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> -n > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > [http://donations.rockhall.com/Logo_WWR.gif]< > > > > > http://rockhall.com/exhibits/women-who-rock/> > > > > > This communication is a confidential and proprietary business > > > > > communication. It is intended solely for the use of the designated > > > > > recipient(s). If this communication is received in error, please > > > contact > > > > > the sender and delete this communication. > > > > > > > > > > ' > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
