Code 128 Barcode Recognition from a TIFF file

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Kevvy
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Code 128 Barcode Recognition from a TIFF file

Post by Kevvy » Fri May 29, 2015 1:06 pm

Hi Guys,

I am looking at implementing a document management solution which needs to read a barcode which is sticked on to a physical paper document and then scanned in a scanner.
Do you know of any way to open up the tiff or even jpg file and read the barcode value and then write it into a db ?

I have found a few javascript libraries but it is limited to having the barcode to be perfectly aligned on the paper, which wont always be the case in my scenario.

Do you think Livecode is capable of something like this ?

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Re: Code 128 Barcode Recognition from a TIFF file

Post by MaxV » Fri May 29, 2015 3:03 pm

A bar code pistol is a special keyboard, you scan a barcode and the PC receive the number directly as you typed that number.
On the contrary putting a paper in a scanner you get an image, so you need to link an OCR software with livecode. Moreover the OCR software must have barcode recognition like this http://www.simpleindex.com/.
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