Re: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

2009-03-31 Thread Simon Pickering
> I've added a page on the wiki with some thoughts about areas that > could be attacked by GSoC (and in general for that matter). I've not > added any links to examples (e.g. Delicious, Andoid Scan) to > illustrate my thoughts yet. Oops, might pay to add the link of course :) http://wiki.maemo.o

Re: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

2009-03-31 Thread Simon Pickering
>> Producing a useful interface to let people obtain a decoded >> string/etc. from whatever sort of barcode is a worthy goal (and having >> the code select from a range of decoders preferably), as is improving >> the speed of some of the 2D decoders, as is producing web scraping >> functions that

Re: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

2009-03-30 Thread David Greaves
Simon Pickering wrote: Also, i think we should look at GOCR as the alternate toolkit that can be used for the project. >>> Looks like that project has been renamed to Conjecture now >>> (http://www.corollarium.com/conjecture/). >> Reading the EAN-13 barcode should not require to complicat

Re: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

2009-03-30 Thread Simon Pickering
>>> Also, i think we should look at GOCR as the alternate toolkit >>> that can be used for the project. >> >> Looks like that project has been renamed to Conjecture now >> (http://www.corollarium.com/conjecture/). > > Reading the EAN-13 barcode should not require to complicated ocr software > I th

Re: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

2009-03-30 Thread Kees Jongenburger
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Simon Pickering wrote: > >> Also, i think we should look at GOCR as the alternate toolkit >> that can be used for the project. > > Looks like that project has been renamed to Conjecture now > (http://www.corollarium.com/conjecture/). Reading the EAN-13 barcode sho

RE: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

2009-03-30 Thread Simon Pickering
> Also, i think we should look at GOCR as the alternate toolkit > that can be used for the project. Looks like that project has been renamed to Conjecture now (http://www.corollarium.com/conjecture/). Simon ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-d

Re: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

2009-03-30 Thread amit sethi
Also, i think we should look at GOCR as the alternate toolkit that can be used for the project. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 8:36 PM, amit sethi wrote: > > Hi , thanks to everyone for taking out the time and reviewing my > application. > Although I have not made any major changes. I hope this one has

Re: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

2009-03-30 Thread amit sethi
Hi , thanks to everyone for taking out the time and reviewing my application. Although I have not made any major changes. I hope this one has less number of typos, I am sorry that I did not take care of it last time. Changes made : 1.Well First i have changed the date at which my home exams may end

Re: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

2009-03-25 Thread Valerio Valerio
Hello, 2009/3/25 amit sethi : > Hi , thanks for the comments received here . Based on that i have submitted > a proposal . Please be kind and review and also please give suggestions as > to how it can be improved . I would also like to know. What could be my next > steps . And how I could start ge

Re: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

2009-03-25 Thread amit sethi
Hi , thanks for the comments received here . Based on that i have submitted a proposal . Please be kind and review and also please give suggestions as to how it can be improved . I would also like to know. What could be my next steps . And how I could start getting involved. On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 a

Re: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader First Draft Proposal

2009-03-23 Thread amit sethi
Hi , Thanks for the information on zebra . Gstreamer can be used as the framework for using zebra .Gstreamer also has python bindings. Here is a first draft of the proposal for the project , I would like to get suggestions on how i can improve it. Application for Google summer of code 2

Re: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

2009-03-23 Thread Simon Pickering
Hi Steffen, > some month ago i tried to port http://zebra.sourceforge.net/ > to the maemo platform. > The Zebra Barcode Reader can decode barcodes from a live video stream > (v4l) an static images (jpeg, bmp, etc.). Thanks for the pointer. For maemo-barcode we currently use the main logic provi

Re: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

2009-03-22 Thread Steffen Vogel
Hi, some month ago i tried to port http://zebra.sourceforge.net/ to the maemo platform. The Zebra Barcode Reader can decode barcodes from a live video stream (v4l) an static images (jpeg, bmp, etc.). If im informed correctly, the n810's webcam has also a v4l interface that could be used for the bar

Re: Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

2009-03-22 Thread Valerio Valerio
Hi, 2009/3/22 amit sethi : > > I am a student interested in applying for gsoc 2009. And i am especially > excited by the idea of working on maemo. > There is an idea on http://wiki.maemo.org/GSoC_2009/Project_ideas of an > application in which an image of barcode is going to be used to check the >