On May 22, 2007, at 1:17 AM, Alan B. Pearce wrote:

>> (This would require a relatively GOOD barcode scanner,
>> IMO, and not the CueCat that I was testing with!)
>
> I have a Cuecat, and my impression is that the focus point is
> too large a spot to scan most product codes.

It was a long time ago, but I recall the cuecat doing "ok" (this
was on books which have relatively large, flat, barcodes);
it was more that I formed an opinion that I really wanted a
"distance" scanner rather than a contact scanner...

BillW
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