Barcode scanners are easy to use because it very much behaves like a keyboard. Barcode scanners also send character individually so each character is still a single keypress event. Biometrics (fingerprint scanner) is different though. I have used one using the API provided by the manufacturer and I can get image and template data. I don't know though what kind of data you can get straight from the driver.
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J R Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:24 AM To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List Subject: Re: [plug] FOSS based Bundy Clock? as far as i know and with barcode scanners i have worked with, it acts as a keyboard. can either be plug thru PS/2, IBM socket (not sure if thats the correct name) or USB. data sent are all text like keyboards data are sent the only difference is, keyboards send keys or by character while in barcode it is sent by batch or the whole word. i don't know though about biometrics scanners, haven't worked with one. cheers, John
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