QR Codes
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| + | You need an app installed that can read QR codes. This can be a general barcode reader, or specifically a QR code reader. | ||
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| + | ==Android== | ||
| + | Barcode Scanner (free) -- displays the URL or text before it does anything with it | ||
| + | QR Droid (free) | ||
| + | ScanLife Barcode Reader (free) | ||
=How do you make them?= | =How do you make them?= | ||
Revision as of 11:22, 17 October 2011
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What's a QR Code?
Distilled from the Wikipedia page on QR codes:
QR code is an abbreviation of Quick Response code Matrix barcode (or 2-D code) -- other matrix barcodes exist! First designed for and used by automotive industry, specifically Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave, in 1994
What are all those boxes for? Picture showing elements of a QR code
A QR code can encode any kind of data, alphanumeric, binary, kanji, etc.
The QR code is an ISO standard, and the use of QR codes is free of any license. The term is trademarked by Denso Wave Incorporated.
How do you read them?
In marketing, they are intended to be read by mobile devices.
You need an app installed that can read QR codes. This can be a general barcode reader, or specifically a QR code reader.
Android
Barcode Scanner (free) -- displays the URL or text before it does anything with it QR Droid (free) ScanLife Barcode Reader (free)
How do you make them?
Recommended QR code generators (if we can identify a few tools)
What can they be used for?
What content is needed to make a QR code?
How do they fit into the library?
Reasons to use/purposes for QR codes
