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I assume the built in one that OP has? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Barcode_Det...

This is another Google-authored specification, implemented only by Google, which is not currently a web standard. It’s not just Safari that doesn’t support it; Firefox doesn’t either. It’s a Blink-only API.

> Editors:

> Miguel Casas-Sanchez (Google LLC)

> Reilly Grant (Google LLC)

> Status of this document

> This specification was published by the Web Platform Incubator Community Group. It is not a W3C Standard nor is it on the W3C Standards Track.

— https://wicg.github.io/shape-detection-api/

Safari doesn't support that API whatsoever so a third party JS library is really your only option. The landscape of open source barcode detection libraries is bleak at the moment.

That's a shame. Works really well on Android.

Can't you take a C library and compile to JS?

Wasm should also work, no?

It does since iOS 17. For now you’ll have to enable it manually through Settings > Safari > Advanced > Feature Flags > Shape Detection API but I expect it to be enabled by default soon.

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