Re: [Barcode4j-users] parsing barcodes

[Jeremias M. <de...@je...>]

On 11.08.2006 01:14:39 Marten Lehmann wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking for libraries to do the opposite of what barcode4j does: 
> Parsing barcodes that already exist.
> 
> Example: I get a fax with a barcode which contains an id to associate 
> the document with a certain order, customer etc.
> 
> Common way: Fax will be printed, a barcode scanner can be used, the 
> document will be archived in a ring binder.
> 
> My expected way: The fax exists as a graphic file on a server, I know in 
> which approximate rectangle the barcode should exist and I'm passing 
> this barcode-rectangle graphic to a library that tries to analyse the 
> barcode and return the id of it.
> 
> I just don't know what to look for using the second way. Do you know any 
> free projects with sort of barcode OCR?

Free? Yes, I think there are some GPL'led ones out there if you search
for "open source barcode recognition". Commercially usable? I've found
not a single one so far. :-(

There are a lot of commercial recognition engines available, most of
them not too expensive.


Jeremias Maerki