We've released an update to LEADTOOLS Cloud Services that adds four new Web APIs, as well as stability, speed, and accuracy improvements. The new APIs are Document and Image Merging, AAMVA ID Recognition, Redaction, and Business Card Recognition. The new Redaction and Merge APIs work with both document and image formats. These Web APIs can be used in any programming environment that can make a web request, such as PHP, Python, and Perl, C#, and JavaScript, and are sure to enhance many desktop, mobile, and web applications.

Do you have any old (sorry, legacy) applications that need upgrading? I don't just mean something you developed with .NET 2.0...how about VB6? Go ahead, raise your hand, this is a judgement-free zone!

Mobilize.Net and LEADTOOLS teamed up to tackle the following requirements:

The LEADTOOLS team is headed north this fall for the TechBash 2017 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 2017
October 4-6, 2017
Kalahari Resorts
Pocono Manor, PA

For the sixth year in a row, LEAD Technologies has won an SD Times 100 award in recognition of its flagship SDK product line, LEADTOOLS. This year, LEADTOOLS won in the coveted APIs, Libraries & Frameworks category. We are proud to once again be a part of this prestigious group of companies through hard work and dedication to making LEADTOOLS the World Leader in Imaging SDKs.

Each year, the editors of Software Development Times seek to pinpoint companies and products who demonstrate innovation and leadership in several key categories driving the software development markets including APIs, Libraries & Frameworks, Big Data and Analytics, Database and Database management, Influencers, User Experience, and more. To see a list of all winners from all categories, read the original article from SD Times.

Today, we are pleased to announce several updates to our Multimedia SDKs. The majority focus on improvements to our support for Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) and Hardware Acceleration in our H.265 and H.264 codecs.

RTSP

• Added support for new formats
  • QuickTime
  • Windows Media Player
• Added support for KLV metadata in RTSP streams
• Added support for RTSP over TCP and HTTP servers
• Added new security handler
• Improved support for cameras, seeking, and AAC audio streaming
• Added new examples for RTSP Live Streaming
• Added stream bit rates to RTSP DESCRIBE response

Codecs, Multiplexers, and Demultiplexers

• Added support for QuickSync acceleration on 6th generation and later Intel Processors to H.265 encoder and H.265 decoder
• Added support for non-asynchronous modes when using CUDA hardware acceleration on H.265 and H.264 decoders
• Added ability to select the decoding engine in the H265 decoder
• Added support for decoding 10-bit video in H.265 decoder
• Added frame seeking to MKV demultiplexer

Additional Multimedia Updates

• Added feature to help break DVR recordings into smaller complete video fragments
• Added a new Microsoft Smooth Streaming source filter that allows playback, conversion, and streaming from Microsoft Smooth Streaming servers
• Added programmatic control over automatic poster frame scrubbing in play module
• Added support for P010 format to the LEAD Color Space Converter

This update is free to existing Version 19 customers and is available in the Multimedia Download Package.