About Barcode Wallet for Windows 8
Save space in your wallet by digitizing the barcodes of any loyalty or memberships cards that you carry around.
Features:
- See your most used barcodes at a glance
- Tap a card to quickly bring up the barcode ready for scanning.
- Pin your most used cards to the start screen.
- Scan a barcode directly from a video feed, photo, or saved image.
- Share generated barcodes with other apps
- Backup and restore barcodes to Skydrive. Works with the companion Windows Phone app.
- Pin barcodes for quick access from the start screen
- Search for barcodes by name, including close match recommendations
- Read barcodes directly from content shared from other apps
Report an issue or bug
You can submit any issues, bugs or feature requests here.Tips and FAQ
Scanning Barcodes in
- Ensure that the complete barcode can be seen clearly in the photo
- Try to avoid the flash or external light source over saturating the barcode
- Orientate the barcode to match the devices orientation
- Check that the barcode format is supported by the app.
- If you are having issues with a particular barcode try sending an image of it to an online reader. I've found the ClearImage Free Online Barcode Reader / Decoder to work well and provide back useful information, such as the barcode type as well as the data.
Scanning barcodes directly from the computers screen
Unfortunately not all types of barcode scanner are capable of reading barcodes directly from a screen. The major factor is the type of scanner being used.
A laser scanner sends out beams of light and uses the reflected light to read the light and dark bars. White bars reflect back the majority of the light. Black bars absorb the majority of light and reflect back very little. Therein lies the issue for scanning a barcode from a cellphone screen. Firstly, The glass and other layers of a cellphone screen are more reflective than a printed barcode. The excess light they reflect back will prevent the scanner from clearly seeing the difference between light and dark portions of the barcode. Secondly, a cellphone screen does not appear white because it is reflecting light. Rather, it is emitting light from a number of other colours to create white (typically red, green and blue pixels). These multiple pixels emitting light together won't reflect light in the way that a printed white does. For these reasons a laser scanner cannot read a barcode from a phones screen.
Another type of scanner is an imager or CCD Barcode scanner. These work more like a digital camera and will see the light emitted from the screen. CCD scanners can read a barcode from a cellphone screen.
See also:
- POSGuys - Can I scan barcodes directly from a cell phone or similar device?
- POSGuys - What is the difference between laser barcode scanners and imagers, also known as CCD barcode scanners?
Barcode Wallet
Barcode Wallet Privacy Policy
Barcode Wallet does not collect or publish any personal information.
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