LEAD will be exhibiting again this year at Microsoft Build and we want you to join us! We probably don’t need to tell you, but here are just a few reasons to attend:

• Learn from 300+ technical sessions and 80 interactive workshops on the Microsoft tools and platforms we rely on. Topics include: AI, machine learning, mixed reality, serverless, hybrid cloud, IoT, big data, advanced analytics, and more.
• Connect with experts and engineers to share insights and imagine innovative solutions.
• Explore exciting emerging tech to prepare our organization to solve today’s challenges and lead in digital transformation.
• Connect with the LEAD team and see LEADTOOLS Version 20 and the upcoming, brand new LEADTOOLS Azure Cloud Services in action!

Win a FREE Conference Pass!

The conference is May 7–9 in Seattle, Washington, and a pass costs a whopping $2,495. BUT for one lucky LEADTOOLS subscriber we’re giving away a FREE conference pass. To enter:

Since releasing LEADTOOLS Cloud Services only a few months ago, we have seen a lot of usage from customers as well as some feedback. It's a product we look forward to supporting and improving by making additional LEADTOOLS imaging functionality available in an easy-to-consume Web API. Today marks the first update to LEADTOOLS Cloud Services and are happy to announce a new method endpoint for the service: ConvertBarcodeSplit.

New product alert! LEADTOOLS now has a completely new way to add its world-leading OCR, barcode, MICR, and document conversion into your app. Introducing LEADTOOLS Cloud Services, a high-powered, scalable, and lightweight Web API for adding advanced LEADTOOLS recognition and document conversion technologies into their applications.

As cloud hosting services like Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, and Google Cloud gain popularity, applications can be developed in new and exciting ways. LEADTOOLS Cloud Services dives into the hosted cloud processing world by providing its most popular technologies via a consumption-based pricing model. This new product is a programmer-friendly addition to any desktop, mobile, or web application with an Internet connection. This opens the door to many popular languages such as PHP, Python, and Perl, in addition to C# and JavaScript, which LEADTOOLS already supports in its existing SDK product line.

As always, LEAD will be exhibiting this year at the RSNA Annual Meeting in Chicago. The theme of RSNA 2017, Explore. Invent. Transform, invites attendees to investigate and advance radiology through innovation as a means of creating positive impact on patient care. Our entire product line will be on display and available to demo at the meeting, with a special focus on our Medical & Document Imaging technologies and upcoming major version release.

RSNA 2017
November 26 - December 1, 2017
McCormick Place
Chicago, IL
Hall B, Booth #7708

Few things have as great an impact on document imaging as cleanup. Its benefits reach far beyond the the improved visuals and readability. Document image cleanup is the salt to the meatier document imaging technologies like OCR, barcode, PDF, forms recognition, archival, and the like—it enhances them.

• Accuracy - Images are rarely perfect. Colors, angles, imperfections in the original document all have an affect on the accuracy of recognition technologies. By correctly aligning the image and removing obstacles around the important areas, the recognition processes can scan the image and look for the predictable patterns that make up the text and data that you wish to extract.
• Compression