Code Tip: Converting PDF, IBM FileNet P8, Wang, and LEAD Annotations

annotations

Annotations are an important part of many document and medical imaging workflows. They allow users to mark up images with various shapes, notes, highlights, and redactions without having to permanently alter the image or document itself. One difficulty developers face is that annotations are not standardized. There are many standards, both open and proprietary, but not all of them play nicely with each other.

Continue reading
Posted in Document Imaging | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Solution to 4 Common First-world Problems – Convert and Merge to PDF

This past weekend, I was very fortunate compared to so many people that recently faced and are still having to deal with Hurricane Florence. At home, the power is out, but there is no major damage. I am fortunate. Since there is nothing I can do at the moment about the power and everyone around me is safe, I decided to forget my first-world problems, go to the office, which does have power, and write a small and simple app that solves some common first-world problems. I am hoping that you will find this tool useful, too!

Continue reading
Posted in Document Imaging, OCR, PDF | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

.NET Conference 2018

Today is the first day of the highly anticipated .NET Conference, a free, online conference for everyone in the .NET community from beginners to seasoned engineers. This 3-day virtual conference has a packed agenda covering the latest in development technologies for the .NET ecosystem including ASP.NET, Xamarin, C#, Azure, AI/ML, and new things just over the horizon. Make sure you tune into social media as well (#DotNetConf) because there will be a virtual attendee party hosted by LEAD and other .NET Conference sponsors in which you can learn more and win prizes.

Watch it Here!

Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Create a QR Code from OCR Results

We take great pride in the fact that LEADTOOLS is truly a comprehensive imaging SDK. We developed LEADTOOLS with the mindset that we want it to be a one-stop-shop for imaging. There are many applications, especially in the document imaging world, where technologies intersect and you may find the need to piecemeal multiple SDKs together. For example, Scanning + Document Cleanup + OCR, OMR + Forms Recognition + OCR, or OCR + PDF. How about something a little less common, like OCR + Barcode?

Continue reading
Posted in OCR | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Join LEAD this October at TechBash 2018

ComeSeeUs-techbash-2018-300

The LEADTOOLS team is headed north this fall for the TechBash 2018 Developer Conference. Haven’t been to TechBash before? Here’s a little more information about the event and why you should go. We hope to see you there!

TechBash 2018
October 2 – 5, 2018
Kalahari Resorts
Pocono Manor, PA

Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment