Hi Reg,
Great plug for Delicious Monster Libaray , but sometimes for all sorts
of reasons
we just miss things.
Check this out :
<http://wamug.org.au:8100/Lists/wamug/Message/7016.html?Language=>
happy new year
Bob
On 26/12/2005, at 4:20 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:
Hi WAMUGgers
I hope you have had a great Christmas and that Santa brough you
something nice. Mrs Santa was very generous and gave me an iSight
camera. I must have been a good little boy this year!
We've had some fun this morning iChatting around the house with a
digital video camera hooked up to the PBook and the iSight on the
iBook. Then Rod got online and we had a good old yak to Perth (we're
in Geraldton).
Anyway whilst trawling the internet looking for some usb webcam apps
to try hooking 7yo grandson's Christmas present, a Dorling Kindersley
"digicool" usb camera, into iChat too, (macam -
http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/; iChatUSB Cam -
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/ichatusbcam/configs.html and possibly
USBStillCamera Driver - http://www.ioxperts.com/usbstillcamera.html) I
came across Delicious Library at Delicious Monster
http://www.delicious-monster.com/ . A bit off topic for what I was
looking for but it's fantastic software.
I've downloaded the demo (up to 25 scans free) and may buy it. THe
full licence is US$39.95.I've sat here scanning a range of books, DVDs
and CDs from out library and collection and it's very impressive.
Basically it turns the beaut new iSight camera into a barcode scanner
and it works straight out of the box. It uses Amazon.com as a
database. Maybe not the best info source but impressive nevertheless.
Preferences can change to various different Amazon locations. For
example our first scan took us to Amazon Japan with an interesting
result. Changing to UK was better, or US.
You can arrange books, videos, music etc into separate libraries and
bookshelves, set up kid and adult sections, and even set up a
borrower's database to keep track of all those books you've lent and
forgotten about. It actually automatically imported our family members
from my Address Book at first startup (- scary!) and has a nice OS X
iLife appearance.
The website boasts a number of impressive awards; two 2005 Apple
Design Awards, 4.5 Macworld Mice, MacMinute MacWorld Award, O'Reilly
Innovators Award.
"Quickly importing your stuff into Delicious Library doesn't require a
dedicated barcode scanner - you can use any QuickTime®-supported
digital video camera, like your Apple iSight. Just hold the barcode on
the back of any book, movie, CD, or video game in front of the camera
and your item magically shows up on your digital shelf seconds later.
Using the same technology found in $800 industrial-strength CCD
barcode scanners, Delicious Library reads every single frame of
digital video; seeking out, targeting, and instantly decoding any
visible barcodes. This results in a seamless process of scanning that
lets you import about 750 items an hour (assuming you can move your
arms that fast). At that rate the staff of the new downtown Seattle
Central Library could work together to import all of their 1.4 million
books into Delicious Library in just over 5 hours."
It can also be configured to use a bluetooth scanner.
It's certainly worth a look.
Regards
Reg
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