Dynamsoft has released a new version of its Barcode Reader Software Development Kit with several new updates that include improved recognition rates for blurred or out-of-focus barcodes and improvements to barcode decoding from video, and more.

For all its Barcode Reader SDK editions, Dynamsoft further optimized its algorithms which has sped up the recognition process for 1D and 2D bar codes. This also further improved the accuracy of border localization and symbol segmentation for AZTEC barcodes.

And, accuracy has been improved for 2D barcodes without error corrections. Also, the DecodeBuffer now supports 48-bit and 64-bit image data. In addition, there is now a new download option where the SDK library does not include the libstdc++ library.

For the JavaScript Edition of the SDK, Dynamsoft added a built-in scanner constructor to support video settings. With it, developers can create a video object to play, pause, stop, remove duplicates, and return a confidence level of barcode results for barcode reads from video. Other video settings are also supported.

This constructor is expected to greatly increases developer productivity. The JavaScript Edition now also offers IntelliSense support for the TypeScript scripting language. And, Dynamsoft added the UMS/ESM export option for Node.js.

Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK enables application developers to efficiently embed barcode reading functionality to their web, desktop and mobile applications using just a few lines of code. This saves months of additional work in coding from scratch, in addition to the expense of doing so. With the SDK, end users can decode barcodes from various image file formats (BMP, JPG, PNG, PDF and TIFF). This includes from device-independent bitmap (DIB) formats which can be obtained from cameras or scanners.

Supported developer platforms include Windows (C, C++, .NET, ActiveX, JavaScript), Linux (C/C++), iOS (Objective-C), and Android (Java). Supported 1D barcodes (linear barcodes) include Code 39, Code 128, Code 93, Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E. Supported 2D barcodes include QR code, DataMatrix, PDF417, and Aztec code. There are also Mac and Raspberry Pi editions available as Labs projects.

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