LEAD Technologies is pleased to announce the release of LEADTOOLS ePrint 6! If you're a regular reader of this blog and/or a LEADTOOLS user, you may be asking yourself, "What is ePrint"? That is understandable if you are only familiar with our flagship imaging SDK product, LEADTOOLS. However, LEAD Technologies actually owns and operates several divisions and subsidiaries which utilize LEADTOOLS within their respective end-user products and utilities. Among those products, LEADTOOLS ePrint is one of the longest running and most successful software applications LEAD has published.

With that mini history lesson out of the way, here is what's new in LEADTOOLS ePrint. Version 6 builds upon and enhances its famous print-to-file conversion of over 150+ formats, Advanced PDF features, Task Printers, Workstation Application and more by upgrading ePrint to use the latest technology from LEADTOOLS Version 18. On top of the across-the-board improvements to ePrint's core functionality, it now comes with support for Optical Character Recognition through LEAD's internally developed Advantage OCR Engine

As part of the LEAD Technologies 25th anniversary, we are creating 25 projects in 25 days to celebrate LEAD's depth of features and ease of use. Today's project comes from Faris.

What it Does

This project will perform various image cleanup functions until a barcode is recognized using LEADTOOLS Version 19. To run the project, extract it to the C:\LEADTOOLS 19\Examples\DotNet\CS directory.

Introduction

A wide variety of businesses are embracing technology as a means to enhance the way customers provide their information on the front-end of the customer service process. Upon arrival at the doctor's office, car dealership, gym or even a restaurant, customers might be handed a tablet or directed to a kiosk to check in. This is an exciting change for device manufacturers and software developers, but does it always translate to better customer service?

If the process is difficult or takes too long, customers are likely to get annoyed, or worse, take their business elsewhere. Therefore using technology for technology's sake isn't enough. To get the most out of their investment, business owners can use various imaging technologies to capture customer information to speed up the process and improve customer satisfaction. An ideal solution would capture information from a document or form of ID customers already have on them such as a driver's license. This white paper will explore how programmers can use LEADTOOLS Driver's License Recognition or Barcode Recognition to extract identifying information from driver's licenses.

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:

We are once again pleased to announce that LEAD Technologies and multiple LEADTOOLS products are the recipients of several top awards from ComponentSource. This global distributor has been a partner with us since 1996, serving thousands of LEADTOOLS customers throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Australia.