[BBLISA] Bar code decoding package for Linux?

[Paul Beltrani]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:57 PM, John Stoffel<john at stoffel.org> wrote:
>
> Paul> Does anyone have a recommendation for a tool or library to
> Paul> decode bar codes embedded within TIF or PDF files?  We're
> Paul> currently using Bardecode from Softek,
> Paul> http://www.bardecode.com/.  I have no complaints. Just looking
> Paul> for options as it's time to upgrade/renew the license.
>
> Paul> Requirements:
> Paul>   Must run under Linux. RPMs for CentOs/RHEL5 are a plus
> Paul>   Must work on TIF and  PDF files.  To be clear, I'm NOT looking for
> Paul> something to work with a scanner.
> Paul>   A stand alone tool is acceptable but a Perl API/Module would be preferred.
>
> Neat job to do.  How do you recognize the barcodes in the PDF file?
> Some sort of OCR?  Just curious, but I suspect you're not going to
> find much els, it seems like a specialized niche.
>
> John
>

Yes, it's a similar process to OCR.  I agree, it's a bit of a niche.
It's more likely you would want to scan a code than to OCR it.

  - Paul