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Phone as a barcode, QR & text scanner

Scan barcodes, QR codes or printed text with your phone — each result appears on your computer straight away, ready to copy or export to Excel. Great for stock-taking, parcels, serial numbers and copying text from paper.

Phone to computer directly — nothing uploaded

Scans

    Nothing scanned yet. Codes and text from your phone appear here, newest first.

    Phone to computer directly — nothing uploaded

    How it works

    1. Open this page on your computer and scan the QR code with your phone.
    2. On the phone, choose Barcode (scans continuously) or Text (take a photo, crop, send).
    3. Results appear here — copy one, copy all, or download a CSV for Excel.

    Questions

    Which codes can it read?

    QR codes and the usual 1D barcodes — EAN-13 / EAN-8 and UPC (shop products), Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, ITF and Codabar (parcels, warehouses, libraries) — plus Data Matrix, PDF417 and Aztec.

    How does the text (OCR) mode work?

    Take a photo of printed text on the phone and crop it to the part you need. The photo goes to your computer, which reads the text (English, Malay or Chinese) — nothing is uploaded. You can correct the result before copying it.

    Can it type into Excel or my shop system like a USB scanner?

    A web page isn’t allowed to type into other programs, so results collect on this page: tick “Copy each new scan” and paste with Ctrl+V, or download the CSV and open it in Excel. Typing straight into other software is on our list (it needs a browser extension or a small desktop app).

    Is anything uploaded?

    No. The phone and computer connect directly over your Wi-Fi; codes and photos never go through a server, and the text is read on your own computer.

    Does it work on iPhone?

    Yes. Android Chrome uses its built-in barcode reader; on iPhone the page loads an open-source reader (ZXing). Both run entirely on the phone.

    Do I need to keep the phone page open?

    Yes, while scanning. If the phone locks or you switch apps, it reconnects by itself when you come back, and nothing scanned is lost.

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