ISBN Barecode reader in Python?

[Max Erickson]

Nick Craig-Wood <nick at craig-wood.com> wrote:

> Joseph <cephire at gmail.com> 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