:CueCat -- Any Progress? A Mild Response

[Jerry_Stephens at ca10.uscourts.gov]

     I noticed Josh Kuperman's recent posting about :CueCat and bar code 
     reading. He concluded that :CueCat doesn't work. My experience with 
     :CueCat is just the opposite. I have found :CueCat to be a useful 
     supplemental help and guide to other reading material.
     
     My experience with :CueCat may, however, be more limited than Josh 
     Kuperman's. I have only installed it on a computer at home.
     
     I picked up :CueCat at Radio Shack in response to promotions by the 
     DALLAS MORNING NEWS. As Josh noted, there was no charge for the 
     software and the bar code reader. The bar code reader is somewhat 
     frivolous in that it looks like a cat. This didn't particularly 
     impress me, the old dog lover that I am. 
     
     At the time of the :CueCat promotion in the DALLAS MORNING NEWS, there 
     was an indication that this newspaper was the only one regularly 
     providing :CueCat access. I certainly would be interested in learning 
     how widespread is the bar code availability that:CueCat responds to. I 
     haven't seen the bar codes in other materials than the DALLAS MORNING 
     NEWS.
     
     But, I have been at least mildly satisfied that :CueCat led me to 
     internet material that directly supplemented articles that appeared in 
     the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Certainly for the cost, it has done what I 
     expected it to do.
     
     Jerry Stephens
     U.S. Court of Appeals
     Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
     
     email:     jerry_stephens at ca10.uscourts.gov
     voice:     405-231-4967
     fax:       405-231-5921
     
     home:      jstephens at mmcable.com
                (if you want to forward bar code materials that I can read
                at home with my :CueCat)