This post is part of our 2017 Developer App Series, which showcases apps created by our Support Agents over the course of eight weeks. These apps are intended to be larger, more thoughtful apps with highly practical purposes in mind, as opposed to a basic "how to" for a feature.

App Description

This project from Hadi will showcase the LEADTOOLS OCR SDK as well as the LEADTOOLS Annotations SDK in a WinForms application alongside the built-in Windows Speech Synthesis namespace System.Speech.Synthesis to show how users can take in an image and have the computer read the text found on the image.

As a part of the recent Version 19 updates, we added a new virtual document feature to the Document Viewer. The LEADTOOLS Document Composer interface makes it easy to compose a virtual document on the fly from any number of pages in any order and from multiple source documents. The document can be manipulated while being viewed and pages can be added or removed with code or interactively using drag and drop. Virtual documents created by the Document Composer can be saved on the server, shared with multiple users, and exported to any format.

Last week, we released a major update to LEADTOOLS Version 19, which included the added bonus of making LEADTOOLS fully compatible with Visual Studio 2017. Today's the day; Visual Studio 2017 is here! As long-standing Visual Studio Partners, we are privileged to co-broadcast today's live streaming event.

The event officially starts at 11AM EST/8AM PST. If you're here early, bookmark this page and tune in later. Also, join in on the fun through social media with #MyVSStory and #VS2017.

It's quite the celebration with our Major LEADTOOLS V19 Release announcing new Document and Medical Features with Visual Studio 2017 compatibility. Additionally, Visual Studio is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a launch of VS2017! To honor these special events starting March 7th and for a limited time, we’re offering 15% off any LEADTOLS SDK. If interested, be sure to contact sales@leadtools.com!

Also remember to tune in as we will be hosting a live stream of the Visual Studio 2017 launch right here on the LEADTOOLS Blog on March 7th at 11AM EST/8AM PST.

Today, we uploaded a new setup with some fantastic new features and improvements to LEADTOOLS Version 19. With a heavy focus on Document and Medical technologies, some of these features are unprecedented for the commercial SDK marketplace. Also, some speed improvements are approaching the 10x faster mark! Here are some of the major updates to pique your interest:

• First Commercial DICOM Hanging Protocol SDK
• HTML5 Zero-footprint Medical Web Viewer - New Features and Enhancements
• DICOM Storage Server - New Features
• More Efficient Handling of DICOM Pixel Data
• Recognition SDK Technology - Enhancements to OCR, Forms & OMR, and New Composite Barcode Recognition
• Document Viewer - New Features and Enhancements
• Document Formats - Enhanced Support
• Credit Card Reader SDK - Supported on More Platforms