Bug 445487 - Feature: qrcode support in captured image
Summary: Feature: qrcode support in captured image
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Spectacle
Classification: Applications
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: 21.08.3
Platform: Other Linux
: LO wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Boudhayan Gupta
URL:
Keywords:
: 451210 475688 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2021-11-14 14:32 UTC by bronko
Modified: 2024-01-27 04:31 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

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Version Fixed In: 24.05


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Description bronko 2021-11-14 14:32:25 UTC
Hello, i would like to propose a feature request:
Make spectactle automatically scan for QR-Codes in a captured image.

This would be helpful for qrcodes displayed on screen. There are already other tools doing this [1],[2] but it would be nice to have it integrated in a screenshot tool. For decoding there are already external libraries available [3], so the feature could be made optional, depending on the external library being available.

[1] https://qrab.sourceforge.io/
[2] https://launchpad.net/qr-tools
[3] http://zbar.sourceforge.net
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-11-23 19:04:10 UTC
What's the use case? Why would someone want to do this?
Comment 2 bronko 2021-11-24 21:07:47 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> What's the use case? Why would someone want to do this?

My use case was an assembly manuel containing lots of qrcodes, telling me to scan them and watch the assembly video (there were no hyperlinks as text of course).
So i fired up spectactle to see if it would recognize the qrcodes, it did not. Thought it might be a useful addition so i suggested it.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-11-29 18:26:09 UTC
Thanks for the info.
Comment 4 Nicolas Fella 2022-03-07 15:38:36 UTC
*** Bug 451210 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 bronko 2022-10-24 20:44:03 UTC
Could this project be used (as a library or standalone) for the qrcode scanning?
https://apps.kde.org/ka/kodaskanna/
Comment 6 OrakMoya 2023-05-12 20:03:42 UTC
Just bumping the ticket as I would like to see this implemented.
Comment 7 Kolya Ay 2023-09-24 14:51:33 UTC
Another bump
Comment 8 Nate Graham 2023-10-16 20:21:19 UTC
*** Bug 475688 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 cacho96 2024-01-19 19:48:32 UTC
It seems this is dead? It would be a very nice addition.
Comment 10 Noah Davis 2024-01-19 20:32:29 UTC
(In reply to cacho96 from comment #9)
> It seems this is dead? It would be a very nice addition.

Not dead: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/spectacle/-/merge_requests/315
Comment 11 bronko 2024-01-22 22:01:44 UTC
Thank you so much for implementing this! 🥳
Comment 12 cacho96 2024-01-23 04:22:26 UTC
Indeed, thanks a lot!