RE: [PHP] Read/decode barcodes from an image

2008-12-18 Thread ceo
Certainly if the quality of the input can be improved by using some digital transfer that is not a fax, go for it... I assumed the OP already knew that, but perhaps not. The fax is going to cost you a LOT of accuracy, probably too much to make OCR even viable, really, but it depends on the

RE: [PHP] Read/decode barcodes from an image

2008-12-18 Thread Boyd, Todd M.
> -Original Message- > From: c...@l-i-e.com [mailto:c...@l-i-e.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:06 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Read/decode barcodes from an image > > The barcodes are on faxes and whatnot, with no predictable

Re: [PHP] Read/decode barcodes from an image

2008-12-18 Thread ceo
AIUI: The barcodes are on faxes and whatnot, with no predictable skew, position, nor orientation. You've tried JOCR/GOCR, and they don't do very well. Here are your options: 1) Shell out the money for that PaperPort OMNI or whatever it is commercial OCR product. It *is* better than JOC

Re: [PHP] Read/decode barcodes from an image

2008-12-18 Thread Per Jessen
Adam Randall wrote: > I'm amazed that this either doesn't exist, or is hard to find. I > basically am looking for a way to read in an image into PHP, or shell > out to something on the Linux side, and determine, and see if it has a > barcode in it or not. If it does, I need to decode the barcode s

Re: [PHP] Read/decode barcodes from an image

2008-12-17 Thread Adam Randall
Are you referring to a project, class, or just generally curious about what I'm asking? Barcode reader can be many things, including a scanning wand (not applicable to what I am looking for). On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: > On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 14:56 -0800, Adam Randall

Re: [PHP] Read/decode barcodes from an image

2008-12-17 Thread Robert Cummings
On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 14:56 -0800, Adam Randall wrote: > I'm amazed that this either doesn't exist, or is hard to find. I > basically am looking for a way to read in an image into PHP, or shell > out to something on the Linux side, and determine, and see if it has a > barcode in it or not. If it do

[PHP] Read/decode barcodes from an image

2008-12-17 Thread Adam Randall
I'm amazed that this either doesn't exist, or is hard to find. I basically am looking for a way to read in an image into PHP, or shell out to something on the Linux side, and determine, and see if it has a barcode in it or not. If it does, I need to decode the barcode so that I can identify the pag