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Old 10-07-2023, 05:46 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by srv181 View Post
What I am aiming for is not having to manually enter the ISBNs from the books I want to add (usually more than 5 at a time) to the "Add from ISBN" dialog. Even scanning the ISBNs on my phone, adding the numbers to an evernote note, and then pasting the scanned list to the Add from ISBN list is pretty tedious.
Even 25+ years ago you could barcode scan a book direct into any field in Windows/Mac/Linux/DOS

A barcode scanner to connect direct isn't expensive. You can pay a bit more and have a small box at PC and have a Wireless one (864 MHz Licence free in Europe, slightly different in USA).

I have a 20 year old serial one and it works via Serial-USB adaptor. The more "direct" ones connected inline with the keyboard. A serial or USB model needs a driver to make it seem like a keyboard if the program has no dedicated alternate input. A barcode input plugin is almost certainly possible.
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