Barcodes have been instrumental in providing unique identity to products, and thereby helped companies in managing their inventory well. If you’ve also been seeking for a barcode scanner and decoder application, then Barcode Scanner ASCII String Decoder 1.0 can serve the purpose for you. The utility supports decoding and revealing non-visible, hidden commands along with ASCII characters through keyboard emulation devices like USB Barcode Scanner. The barcode decoder program is especially beneficial to determine non-printable ASCII commands like FS, GS, RS, and EOT that are encoded in barcode symbol. The program integrates simple tool-set and prompt functioning making it perform barcode decoding task effectively. It’s compatible to work with Windows 95 and above, as well as Vista and Windows 7.

The Barcode Scanner ASCII String Decoder is helpful to verify commands like RS, FS, GS, and EOT encoded in barcodes, as they normally aren’t revealed at the time of barcode scanning. It even supports decoding symbols that comprise of characters such as DOD UID and UPS MaxiCode. After application’s installation, you have to make sure that the cursor is placed within top text box. When the cursor is placed within the field, the input from the keyboard emulation devices gets duplicated into lower text box. Even, the information which isn’t commonly visible would be displayed in between greater-than sign and less-than sign as per its ASCII value or function. The interface is of barcode decoder program is user-friendly, thus makes it easy to understand for the end-users. Here you can see the top text box and lower text box where the characters are displayed and decoded. As soon the program decodes the characters, it would show the bytes decoded, after which the decoded characters can be copied to clipboard, and reset, as is required. You can enable or disable the program to show ASCII values instead of functions.

Barcode Scanner ASCII String Decoder 1.0 is an extremely easy to use application and its helps in decoding barcodes within few clicks. Owing to its prompt and efficient functioning that help deriving desired results, the program has worthily been marked with 3.5 rating points.