On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Caleb Eggensperger <[email protected]>wrote:

> I don't think the API has much there for interacting with a connected
> desktop computer. There's software to scan barcodes with webcams, and
> there's actual USB barcode scanning hardware. That would probably be easier
> and cheaper than monopolizing a phone just for its camera.
>

:-)  yeah, i suppose that's why i prefixed the subjectline with
"hypothetical."
still i think it'd be cool if something like this could be done / or if
there was
a path to doing stuff like this perhaps from the sdk...

thanks,
/eitan



>
>
> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 16:33, Eitan Suez <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> i was wondering, how would one go about using
>> a barcode scanner android app not only to scan
>> a bar code, but to make it spit out the bar code
>> into a text field on a separate computer when the
>> android device is connected to that computer via usb;
>> effectively turning the android device into the equivalent
>> of a real usb-connected barcode scanner.
>>
>> / eitan
>>
>

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