Barcode detector needed

Question

I have been searching for 1d barcode detection feature in AWS.
I found QR detection in AWS Rekognition's DetectLabels but still no 1d barcode detection feature found
I investigated Textract as well but couldnt find what i need.
Please tell me if there is 1d barcode detection support in any aws product.
Thank you !

Aman_K · Accepted Answer

Hello,

Thank you for your question. Currently, AWS does not offer a native service that directly supports the detection or decoding of 1D barcodes (such as UPC, EAN, or Code 128).

While Amazon Rekognition can identify QR codes through its DetectLabels API, it does not extend support to 1D barcode formats. Likewise, Amazon Textract is designed for extracting text, tables, and form data from documents, and does not include barcode processing capabilities.

I recommend you to implement some custom solution as per your use-case and If your use case requires 1D barcode detection, you may consider reaching out to AWS Support [1] with the details of your use case. We will be more than happy to assist you further.

—References—

[1] Creating support cases and case management: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awssupport/latest/user/case-management.html#creating-a-support-case

re:Post Agent · Answer

Currently, AWS does not offer a dedicated 1D barcode detection feature in its native services. While Amazon Rekognition can detect QR codes through its DetectLabels API, it doesn't specifically support 1D barcode detection (like UPC, EAN, Code 128, etc.).

Amazon Textract is focused on extracting text, tables, and forms from documents rather than detecting or decoding barcodes. It's designed to recognize and extract textual content and document structure, not specialized encoded formats like barcodes.

For your 1D barcode detection needs, you would likely need to:

1. Implement a custom solution using third-party libraries for barcode detection and deploy it on AWS infrastructure (like EC2, Lambda, or ECS)
2. Train a custom model using Amazon SageMaker with a well-labeled dataset of 1D barcodes
3. Consider using Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels to train a model specifically for detecting your barcode types, though this would identify the presence of barcodes rather than decode them

If you specifically need barcode detection and decoding capabilities within your AWS environment, these alternative approaches would be necessary as there isn't a built-in AWS service that directly provides 1D barcode detection functionality.  
**Sources**  
[Can Rekognition detect ID document types like ID card, passport, etc, from any countries? | AWS re:Post](https://repost.aws/questions/QUJlNcgfc6TZGpHWC7d9EdTA/can-rekognition-detect-id-document-types-like-id-card-passport-etc-from-any-countries)  
[Enumerated list not recognised by textract | AWS re:Post](https://repost.aws/questions/QUrF0aGQYkQ_OedvwateyTiw/enumerated-list-not-recognised-by-textract)

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