On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 3:03 PM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LE5VV1C/ > "This acts like a keyboard input so whatever you scan is put where the > cursor is." > I don't have first hand experience with this, just reading what the > Interwebs are telling me.
Indeed, the WoneNice WN3300 Barcode Scanner Just Works, plugged into a USB port on my Linux laptop. It emits a string of keyboard-like numbers corresponding to the bar code. It comes with a tiny booklet of instructions written in charming Chinglish, followed by PAGES of barcodes with "instructions" that can be scanned to reprogram the unit. For example, to include the check digit on a recent ISBN, I scan the "EAN13-Enable" and "Show EAN13 Check digit" on page 8 of the booklet. The scanner retains programming after unplugging and replugging from USB. It also reads the catalog bar codes for Multnomah County (33168x) and Washington County (33614x) libraries. When I donate a few thousand books to the Internet Archive's digital library (Real Soon Now), I will scan the bar codes of the books I put in each shipping box. Internet Archive can turn the ISBNs into book information. For pre-1970 books, Not So Much. Now, back to reading ISBN 9780062978158, Beaverton library item 33614078458253. Keith ---- Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
