[WEB4LIB] RE: :CueCat -- Any Progress? Kind of.

[Eric Hellman]

 From our perspective, the best way to use CueCat is not to install 
any CueCat software at all. You can then use CueCat as a general 
purpose low quality bar-code scanner.

We have a web page that reads ISBNs using a CueCat Javascript. It's 
part of our (nascent) ISBN tools site. There's also a  book search 
that's fast and blunt, an ISBN directory, and an ISBN check digit 
verifier java class.

http://ISBNtools.com/

The CueCat, on scanning a bar code, "types" characters that are easy 
to decode into ISBN's or UPC codes.

At the higher end, pay attention to the Qoder from Qode.com, and the 
database they have behind it. Makes the CueCat look pretty tacky.

My guess is that the "cease and desist" orders mentioned by Thomas 
Dowling are a transparently clever ploy on the part of Digital 
Convergence to get "hackers" excited about doing things they think 
are naughty, but which in fact are to the benefit of Digital 
Convergence.

Eric
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