Softek Barcode Reader improves QR-Code support

Softek Barcode Reader Toolkit for Windows lets you read normal (1D) and 2D barcodes from image files and bitmaps held in memory. Developers have a choice of 4 different types of interface and access to several example projects. Image Formats supported include TIFF, JPG and BMP. Barcodes currently supported by Softek Barcode Reader Toolkit for Windows include PDF-417 (PDF417), Code-39, Code-128,Code-2-of-5 Interleaved, Codabar, EAN-8, EAN-13, Patch Codes, UPC-A and UPC-E. All licenses include 12 months Support and Upgrade Cover.

Updates in 7.5.1.35

• Increased maximum size of supported QR-Codes from 2K to 4K.
• Improved detection for version 0 QR-Codes.
• Support added for QR-Code symbols starting with FNC1 characters.
• Improvements to recognition of multiple QR-Codes in the same image and at different angles.
• Improvement to recognition of skewed QR-Codes.
• Improved support for symbols with badly proportioned finder targets.
• Correction to the decoding of Base 256 encoded DataMatrix symbols.
• Support added for upper shift characters in DataMatrix barcodes.
• PDF-417 error correction improvements.
• Improvements to Code 128 and Code 39 barcode reading. The SDK now handles single vertical lines to the left or right of symbols and within the quiet zone.
• Improved support for splitting TIF files compressed using jpeg type 6 compression. Gray scale is now supported but full color is not supported.

About Softek Software

Softek Software was established in 1998 to provide programming services in the field of image processing. In 2001 the company was involved in a project to process timesheets stamped with barcodes. No software in the market place provided the simple, cost effective solution required, so they developed their own barcode reading toolkit. The first commercial version of the toolkit was released later that year.