A barcode scanner?
this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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Yes. Need to quickly scan book barcodes and generate list of books
Buy a barcode scanner. They are only as fast as you can scan things unless you want to build a machine that you put stacks of books into and it scans them for you..but you'd still need a barcode scanner.
Would you prefer to use a phone or a handheld scanner and a PC? What kind of phone or PC?
The barcode scanner app I use has a "Continuous Scan" mode where it will save the barcodes immediately and allow you to continue scanning - you could look for a barcode app on with this feature for whatever device you're using to scan
And you didn't mention the app name. What's the point? :-D I'm interested too.
Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.barcodescanner
F-Droid: https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/com.example.barcodescanner/
GitHub (has screenshots of the app and a list of supported barcode types): https://github.com/wewewe718/QrAndBarcodeScanner
Honestly, just pick up any USB barcode scanner, open a spreadsheet up in Excel or Google Sheets, and go to town. It will go pretty quickly.
BookWyrm has a barcode scanner on its UI, which redirects you into the scanned book title (if it's registered in the "databases" BookWyrm pulls from)