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Nick Craig-Wood <> wrote:

> Joseph <> wrote:
>> All: I have written a program to query Amazon with ISBN and get
>> the book details. I would like to extend so that I can read
>> ISBN from the barcode (I will take a photo of the same using
>> webcam or mobile). Are there any opensource/free SDK doing the
>> same? As it is a hobby project, I don't like to spend money on
>> the SDK.
>
> Pick yourself up a cue-cat barcode reader, eg from here or ebay
>
> http://www.librarything.com/cuecat
>
> These appear as a keyboard and "type" the barcode in to your
> program.
>
> Cheap and effective.
>

The killer application for ISBN lookup on Amazon is checking prices
while in the bookstore. Being able to email a photo from your phone
and then getting an email with the Amazon price in response would be
way easier than typing the isbn into Google or whatever.


max

Max Erickson <> writes:

> The killer application for ISBN lookup on Amazon is checking prices
> while in the bookstore. Being able to email a photo from your phone
> and then getting an email with the Amazon price in response would be
> way easier than typing the isbn into Google or whatever.

Yeah, or just create a S60 python app to do it directly. Basically,
just put up a web service somewhere that allows pushing an image of
the barcode and returns the lowest price for that item, and the PyS60
app will be done in a day.