[SLL] Book software?

[James Hatridge]

Hi Bryan et al,
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 18:13:42 Bryan McLellan wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:14 AM, James Hatridge <James.Hatridge at gmx.de> 
wrote:
> > I'm looking for software that works with a barcode reader. What I want to
> > do is read the bar code on a book and have the software do a lookup on
> > the 'net for the book. Then put the info into a Mysql database. Is there
> > any Linux software that will do that?
>
> All the barcode reader's I've used act as a keyboard device and don't
> need special drivers. I have a couple USB cuecats that my roommate and
> I use to catalog our DVDs on itrackmine [1] and they worked just find
> in linux and OSX.
>
> [1] http://www.itrackmine.com/

OK, so what you're telling me is if I get a USB reader it will read the code 
and give me a number. Is this right? 

I do some programming as a hobby so I think I could put something together to 
do the 'net lookup once I have the number. 

Thanks,

JIM
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