iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Dave Cross
Need some advice on iPhone Barcode reading apps - so I turn to london.pm, my favourite group of iGeeks. My wife is a teacher and they're about to start a stocktake of all of the books in the English department. Rather than count them all, she wondered if there was an iPhone app that could

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 09:49:06AM +, Dave Cross wrote: Need some advice on iPhone Barcode reading apps - so I turn to london.pm, my favourite group of iGeeks. My wife is a teacher and they're about to start a stocktake of all of the books in the English department. Rather than count

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Paul Sharpe
On 1 March 2011 09:49, Dave Cross d...@dave.org.uk wrote: Need some advice on iPhone Barcode reading apps - so I turn to london.pm, my favourite group of iGeeks. My wife is a teacher and they're about to start a stocktake of all of the books in the English department. Rather than count them

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Dominic Thoreau
On 1 March 2011 09:49, Dave Cross d...@dave.org.uk wrote: Need some advice on iPhone Barcode reading apps - so I turn to london.pm, my favourite group of iGeeks. My wife is a teacher and they're about to start a stocktake of all of the books in the English department. Rather than count them

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Leo Lapworth
On 1 March 2011 10:34, Dominic Thoreau domi...@thoreau-online.net wrote: On 1 March 2011 09:49, Dave Cross d...@dave.org.uk wrote: Need some advice on iPhone Barcode reading apps - so I turn to london.pm, my favourite group of iGeeks. On a side note - I've got a moderate library, of books,

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 1 Mar 2011, at 10:34, Dominic Thoreau wrote: On 1 March 2011 09:49, Dave Cross d...@dave.org.uk wrote: Need some advice on iPhone Barcode reading apps - so I turn to london.pm, my favourite group of iGeeks. My wife is a teacher and they're about to start a stocktake of all of the

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Leo Lapworth
Doh - sorry for the last email - hit the wrong button. On 1 March 2011 10:34, Dominic Thoreau domi...@thoreau-online.net wrote: On 1 March 2011 09:49, Dave Cross d...@dave.org.uk wrote: Need some advice on iPhone Barcode reading apps - so I turn to london.pm, my favourite group of iGeeks. On

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 1 Mar 2011, at 10:49, Leo Lapworth wrote: Doh - sorry for the last email - hit the wrong button. On 1 March 2011 10:34, Dominic Thoreau domi...@thoreau-online.net wrote: On 1 March 2011 09:49, Dave Cross d...@dave.org.uk wrote: Need some advice on iPhone Barcode reading apps - so I turn

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Simon Dick
On 1 March 2011 10:34, Dominic Thoreau domi...@thoreau-online.net wrote: On 1 March 2011 09:49, Dave Cross d...@dave.org.uk wrote: Need some advice on iPhone Barcode reading apps - so I turn to london.pm, my favourite group of iGeeks. My wife is a teacher and they're about to start a

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Peter Edwards
On 1 March 2011 10:34, Dominic Thoreau domi...@thoreau-online.net wrote: On 1 March 2011 09:49, Dave Cross d...@dave.org.uk wrote: Need some advice on iPhone Barcode reading apps - so I turn to london.pm, my favourite group of iGeeks. On a side note - I've got a moderate library, of

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 10:49:24AM +, Leo Lapworth wrote: http://www.delicious-monster.com/ - as long as you use a Mac. I think they did an iPhone app but Apple blocked it :( No, Amazon told them to stoppit because the Amazon API licence forbids advertising. -- David Cantrell | Nth

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 10:08:33AM +, I wrote: You want Redlaser. It's free. It makes an annoying beep whenever you scan something. It does all the fancy looking-stuff-up nonsense ... Both of which you can turn off. Yay! The configuration is confusingly hidden away in Apple's Settings

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 11:05:41AM +, Christopher Jones wrote: I'm fascinated to know how you could use an iPhone to scan a barcode - can someone explain? It has a camera. -- David Cantrell | Godless Liberal Elitist comparative and superlative explained: Huhn worse, worser, worsest,

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Kieren Diment
On 01/03/2011, at 10:05 PM, Christopher Jones wrote: On 1 March 2011 09:49, Dave Cross d...@dave.org.uk wrote: Need some advice on iPhone Barcode reading apps - so I turn to london.pm, my favourite group of iGeeks. My wife is a teacher and they're about to start a stocktake of all of the

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Christopher Jones
On 1 Mar 2011, at 11:11, David Cantrell wrote: On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 11:05:41AM +, Christopher Jones wrote: I'm fascinated to know how you could use an iPhone to scan a barcode - can someone explain? It has a camera. Of course it has Now I feel more dumb than usual.

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Dominic Thoreau
On 1 March 2011 11:35, Christopher Jones c.jo...@ucl.ac.uk wrote: On 1 Mar 2011, at 11:11, David Cantrell wrote: On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 11:05:41AM +, Christopher Jones wrote: I'm fascinated to know how you could use an iPhone to scan a barcode - can someone explain? It has a camera.

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Sue Spence
On 1 March 2011 11:03, Peter Edwards pe...@dragonstaff.co.uk wrote: Do it in 6 lines of Python using an Android phone? http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/android-barcode-scanner/ You can pick up a second-hand Hero for £60. Interesting! I think I'll give that a try.

Re: iPhone Barcode Readers

2011-03-01 Thread Piers Cawley
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Kieren Diment dim...@gmail.com wrote: On 01/03/2011, at 10:05 PM, Christopher Jones wrote: On 1 March 2011 09:49, Dave Cross d...@dave.org.uk wrote: Need some advice on iPhone Barcode reading apps - so I turn to london.pm, my favourite group of iGeeks. My