> 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...
i've seen contact scanners used in libraries before without problems but they were much more pen like.

The cuecat was designed for light use by home users. An application where it was not nessacery to get a code first time every time nor was it nessacery to be particularlly ergonomic (the shape and optics of the cue cat mean it has to be held at right angles to the code while scanning and the bulk means that it cannot be held like a pen, this makes it pretty heavy on the wrist, and i certainly wouldn't want to do a lot of scanning with it). 



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