QR codes are hugely popular. They store in themselves various kinds of information that can be read only with the help of special programs. Organizations and their products have their own QR codes.
What is QR Code?
People very often can come across an image of squares - QR codes, which can store various information that is preprogrammed in this code. Such codes are used specifically in order to quickly, in the shortest possible time, with the presence of certain software, to obtain this or that information. Today you can find QR codes in advertisements, on websites, on business cards, etc. This code can contain various information, for example: the address of a website, phone number, location coordinates and many other data.
The predecessor of the QR code is the usual commodity barcode. The seller simply brings this or that product to the scanner, and then he reads the information that is stored in the barcode. The same thing happens with the QR code. A person just needs to bring a device with a camera to the QR code, launch software that can read the information stored in an encoded form and start scanning. After the scan is completed, a new window may open, for example, with a website, or some information may simply appear. As a result, it turns out that a QR code can store a fairly large amount of information (up to 4296 characters) and allows you to read certain data.
QR code recognition software
Naturally, in order to find out the contents of such a QR code, one cannot simply point the camera of a mobile phone and receive it. To do this, you need to download and install a special application on your mobile device. It may vary depending on the operating system of the mobile device. For example, Barcode Scanner is ideal for Android devices. The program allows you to scan not only QR codes, but also regular barcodes and even Data Matrix codes. With its help, you can not only scan the above codes, but also create your own. The generated QR codes can store contact information, links to a website or programs, and can also simply store text in themselves.
Owners of mobile devices with the iOS operating system can use the QR Reader program. The software itself works quite quickly, and after reading the code, the application itself will prompt the user to select applications to open data (of course, except for links and text). It is possible to transmit a QR code using social networks.
For Windows Phone-based mobile devices, QR Code Reader is the best choice. A fairly simple and straightforward program that can read QR codes and barcodes quite quickly.
