Android Scan

Monday April 14, 2008 at 10:28 AM

So today is the deadline for the Android Developer Challenge, and I just finished up my submission. It’s a sweet tool that can show you pricing and metadata for anything with a barcode. Here’s a few of the features that make it stand out:

  • Automatic barcode recognition using phone camera
  • Shows CD, DVD, or book cover along with detailed reviews
  • Searches over a dozen stores, both online and brick+mortar
  • Tracklisting for CDs and play sample tracks right on phone
  • For books, searches local libraries to see if they have a copy

It’s called Android Scan and I’ve put up some documentation and a quick video that shows it in action with an external camera and real-world barcodes.

Once the developer challenge is over in mid-May I’ll be releasing both the Android and Python server source code under a GPLv3 open-source license. Send me an E-mail if you have any ideas or comments. I’m pumped about getting an actual Android device later this year.

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