LEADTOOLS Recognition SDK V20

New Platforms:
Developers can now write a unified code base and simultaneously target even more platforms and devices falling under the ever-broadening .NET Standard umbrella.

• .NET Framework - Windows
• .NET Standard
  • .NET Core - Windows, Linux, and macOS
  • Xamarin - iOS, Android, and UWP
  • UWP (Universal Windows Platform)

New in Document Engine:

• Recognition Engines
  • Speed and accuracy improvements to LEAD OCR Engine (formerly Advantage Engine).
  • CMC-7 MICR Font.
  • Added North American Driver's License Barcode Decoder to Barcode Engine (AAMVA specification).
  • Answer Area and OMR Date fields for high-level OMR Forms Recognition.
• Document Viewer (HTML5/JavaScript)
  • Improved speed and accuracy for internal SVG Engine.
  • Printing with DPI.
  • Printing Visible Area/Screenshot.
• Document Formats
  • Added full support for charts and shapes to all Office formats.
  • Reduced PDF output file size.
  • Optimized loading speed for multi-page Word DOC/DOCX files.
  • Improved matching of original document when writing text with a dark/light background.
  • Added 3JS (three.js) and STL format support.
• New Image Processing Functions
  • Detect Document.
  • Detect Business Card.
• Additional updates to the Document Engine
  • Redesigned the WPF ImageViewer to include multiple items, SVG rendering, and User-defined XAML Content.
  • Load EMF and EMF+ files as SVG.
  • Freehand Annotation Selection Tool.
  • Speed improvements to Median filter.
  • Speed optimizations of 30% for loading document and vector files formats.

New in Imaging Engine:

• New Image Processing Functions.
  • Wiener Filter.
  • Edge Enhancement.
• Additional updates to the Imaging Engine
  • Background color detection in document images.
  • Image Stitching and scrolling for image viewers.
  • D2D Drawing surface for WPF controls.
  • Mouse Wheel Zoom support for Magnifying Glass.

Changes to the LEADTOOLS Product Line. In Version 20, the OCR engines and respective add-ons were renamed.

• LEAD Engine (previously Advantage Engine)
  • LEADTOOLS OCR Module - LEAD Engine.
• OmniPage Engine (previously Professional Engine)
  • LEADTOOLS OCR Module - OmniPage Engine.
  • LEADTOOLS OCR Module - OmniPage Engine with Additional Languages (includes LEADTOOLS OCR Module - OmniPage Engine).
  • LEADTOOLS ICR Module - OmniPage Engine (includes LEADTOOLS OCR Module - OmniPage Engine).