On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 01:45:59PM +1200, Patrick Elliott-Brennan wrote:
> I've got to scan a whole collection of books (a couple of hundred at least)
> and was wondering if anyone has any experience with those that do/don't
> work with Linux or know of another way I can scan the books?
I have a CueCat scanner which I picked up via librarything.com a few years
ago. From memory it cost something like $15 including shipping. By default
it prodces an encrypted bar code but it's pretty easy to disable this & get
clear text bar codes out of it. You can use it, and probably any other bar
code scanner, with a GNOME application called Alexandria to catalogue your
books.
> A loan of one would be good, if possible.
I only use mine intermittently so I'd be happy to lend it to you for a
week or two. Contact me via email if you want it.
Cheers,
John
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