Electronic Signature Pads?

Peter Lakanen asks: "You know those electronic pads you use to sign your name at Circuit City, Sears or other places? I have a client who wants to be able to do that at branch offices. I've been researching the availability of electronic signature pads and have been sorely disappointed at the dearth of information readily available on the topic. Do any Slashdotters out there know of any companies that sell a device that allows someone to sign their name and then have software convert that signature to an image file to be stored or used in an application? Unfortunately, I'm looking for a Win32 solution but would be interested in hearing about any solutions for other systems (*nix, mac, proprietary, etc)." While a complete solution for this isn't a bad thing, why not use cheap digitizers?

Comments

Easy

[JediTrainer]

Google is your friend. A simple search of "electronic signature capture" pulls out about half a dozen candidates on the first two screens alone, including Topaz Systems and IEPOS. I'd suggest you start with these, look at more of the results, and maybe refine your google search to something more specific.

Since you're looking for a specific piece of hardware, it shouldn't be too hard to find it.

Go look.

[dmorin]

Seems like a logical place to start would be Sears or Best Buy or some other store that uses them. Walk up to a register (or buy something) and see i there's a brand name on the scanner. If not, flip it over. I expect the cashier won't care. Find a company name or two and a quick web search should do the rest.