I'm doing some feasibility research with regards to a (large) book cataloging project. Any help would w/r/t good sources of information would be appreciated but the things I would specifically like to know are:
1.)does python have any modules for use with barcode readers (preferably USB)? What other programs are available for reading barcode information?
2.)This may be better answered with a few sources of information, but what kinds of things should I look for in a barcode scanner, especially if I'm looking to scan, specifically, a lot of barcodes on books.
3.)This may also be better answered with a few sources of information, what kind of information is stored standard in a book's barcode.
I know this is relatively off-topic, but any help would be greatly appreciated.
Are you making a python web-app or a client application? Unless you're looking for specialized bar code scanning functionality it doesn't really matter since the input from the scanner appears like keyboard entry (sometimes prefixed with a special input character), so you just have to have a way of listening to the keyboard input and catching that special character.
USB Barcode scanner research