On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:57 PM, John Stoffel<[email protected]> wrote: > > Paul> Does anyone have a recommendation for a tool or library to > Paul> decode bar codes embedded within TIF or PDF files? We're > Paul> currently using Bardecode from Softek, > Paul> http://www.bardecode.com/. I have no complaints. Just looking > Paul> for options as it's time to upgrade/renew the license. > > Paul> Requirements: > Paul> Must run under Linux. RPMs for CentOs/RHEL5 are a plus > Paul> Must work on TIF and PDF files. To be clear, I'm NOT looking for > Paul> something to work with a scanner. > Paul> A stand alone tool is acceptable but a Perl API/Module would be > preferred. > > Neat job to do. How do you recognize the barcodes in the PDF file? > Some sort of OCR? Just curious, but I suspect you're not going to > find much els, it seems like a specialized niche. > > John >
Yes, it's a similar process to OCR. I agree, it's a bit of a niche. It's more likely you would want to scan a code than to OCR it. - Paul _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
