[Gllug] Alexandria and bar code scanners

[Joel Bernstein]

On 9 Aug 2009, at 12:05, Caroline Ford wrote:
> On 8 Aug 2009, at 22:09, Joel Bernstein <joel at fysh.org> wrote:
>> On 8 Aug 2009, at 22:03, Bob Giles wrote:
>>> I was just wondering whether anyone has had any success using a bar
>>> code
>>> scanner to input ISBNs into Alexandria Book Collection Manager. The
>>> recommended scanner would appear to be the CueCat scanner but as far
>>> as
>>> I can ascertain, they have been out of production for years.
>>
>> Not familiar with that specific software but most people I know who
>> catalogue their books do so by holding up book covers / barcodes to a
>> webcam, and driving Delicious Library or similar that way.
>
> I just type in the ISBN. How many books do you actually have?

I have quite a few but I don't catalogue them. Typing in ISBNs is a  
pain, I'm sure.
It's got to be quicker to just use the builtin iSight with Delicious  
Library.

/joel
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