On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 11:41:08AM -0400, Roy Morris wrote: > D. Adam Karim wrote: > > I have used a barcode numerous times. Same setup. The scanner just > > outputs text/numbers. I remember that there were a few python scripts > > out there that I used in order to query imdb and create xml files out > > of that but I can no longer remember the name. Should be easy enough > > to write though. > > > Ok cool, sounds like this is going to be the way it goes. I will see if > I can dig up an old scanner with a keyboard 'shim' and find some perl > code to pipe it into to query the movie database.
I'll contact the person at that place and ask for the info on the units we set up. My memory ain't what it used to be. ;) Keep in mind that this was ~5 years ago and they were pen-type contact readers, the tech has certainly improved since then. So long as you're able to use a barcode->keyboard style interface you should be good to go g
