Scanalyzer
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Scanalyzer is a barcode reader
developed by Stockton
-native Dan McDaniel. Inspired primarily by the outrageous price of hardware barcode scanners, the app was first released for Apple's iOS in March 2011. Since that time, over 150 copies of the game have been purchased from Apple's App Store, which has prompted the company to design versions for other touchscreen-based smartphone
s, such as those using the Android operating system
, among others.
In the app, users employ the phone's camera to scan barcode
s, with the intent of sending the decoded data to a networked computer or email recipient. As users scan more barcodes, data is sent back to a computer wirelessly, sometimes aggregated with special codes or delimiters. The developer has supported Scanalyzer with numerous free updates that add additional functionality, and the company has even released a professional versions of the app.
Scanalyzer has been praised for its successful combination of useful features, efficient design, and low price. Its popularity led to versions of Scanalyzer being created for personal computer
s. With 150 downloads across all platforms, the app has been called "by far the best bar code scanning app" on the iPhone.
Barcode reader
A barcode reader is an electronic device for reading printed barcodes. Like a flatbed scanner, it consists of a light source, a lens and a light sensor translating optical impulses into electrical ones...
developed by Stockton
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-native Dan McDaniel. Inspired primarily by the outrageous price of hardware barcode scanners, the app was first released for Apple's iOS in March 2011. Since that time, over 150 copies of the game have been purchased from Apple's App Store, which has prompted the company to design versions for other touchscreen-based smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
s, such as those using the Android operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
, among others.
In the app, users employ the phone's camera to scan barcode
Barcode
A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data, which shows data about the object to which it attaches. Originally barcodes represented data by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines, and may be referred to as linear or 1 dimensional . Later they evolved into rectangles,...
s, with the intent of sending the decoded data to a networked computer or email recipient. As users scan more barcodes, data is sent back to a computer wirelessly, sometimes aggregated with special codes or delimiters. The developer has supported Scanalyzer with numerous free updates that add additional functionality, and the company has even released a professional versions of the app.
Scanalyzer has been praised for its successful combination of useful features, efficient design, and low price. Its popularity led to versions of Scanalyzer being created for personal computer
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
s. With 150 downloads across all platforms, the app has been called "by far the best bar code scanning app" on the iPhone.