On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 14:13 +0800, Noli Rafallo wrote: > 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. >
For Unix-based systems using PAM, there's PAM-BioAPI[1]. I've only tried this on Thinkpads though (as its biometric finger scanner is workable using BioAPI binary and FOSS drivers). The specifications can be found here[2], while a schematic diagram can be found here[3]. [1] http://code.google.com/p/bioapi-linux [2] http://bioapi.org/New Downloads (Add to Site)/BIOAPI 1.1.doc [3] http://www.qrivy.net/~michael/blua/ -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================= Check out my twins! http://falconefamily.multiply.com ================================= _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
