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QR codes have become critical in various applications, enabling contactless payments, event ticketing, inventory management, and marketing. Their ability to store information quickly makes them invaluable in our increasingly digital world. However, challenging QR codes can pose difficulties for barcode scanners. In real-world scenarios, QR codes frequently undergo physical or...

Scanning QR codes on colored backgrounds presents various challenges that impact readability and efficiency. Given the widespread use of QR codes for purposes such as marketing, authentication, and access control, it is essential to understand the factors that affect scanning performance in these conditions. This blog will explore the common...

Overcharging, hidden fees, fake or duplicate tickets, incorrect seating assignments, or worse, tickets not arriving at all are just some of the problems plaguing the ticket reseller market. Things get even more challenging when the volume is too high, and manually checking and authenticating each ticket doesn’t suffice. Using barcode...

In today’s digital age, QR codes have become a convenient tool for accessing information quickly and efficiently. However, there are instances when these codes fail to scan, causing frustration and delays. Understanding the common reasons why QR codes may not scan can help prevent these issues and ensure a seamless...

The adoption of e-prescriptions in Europe has been steadily increasing in recent years. In 2019, the European Commission adopted the eHealth Action Plan, which aims to promote the digitization of healthcare across the EU. As part of this plan, the European initiative for health data sharing across member states was...

Role of Accurate Barcode Recognition in Operational Efficiency Operational efficiency is critical in today’s fast-paced business world. Hence, companies always seek methods to streamline workflows, reduce errors, and improve productivity. Barcode recognition is one technology that has played a significant role in attaining these objectives. Accurate barcode recognition is fundamental...

Mejorar la precisión y la velocidad de decodificación sigue siendo una prioridad principal para los desarrolladores que trabajan con SDK de lectura de códigos de barras. Si bien los ajustes de configuración y las mejoras en el algoritmo pueden dar lugar a mejoras drásticas, los usuarios finales también pueden desempeñar...

À la recherche du meilleur SDK de lecteur de codes-barres pour votre application, mais vous ne savez pas comment évaluer les différentes options et les considérations que vous devriez prendre en compte? Vous êtes au bon endroit. Il existe plus d’une douzaine de SDK de lecteur de codes-barres de qualité...

The Aztec Code is a popular choice for electronic ticketing in the transportation industry. It has been adopted by airlines, including IATA’s BCBP standard, as well as rail companies worldwide. 1 Scanning the Aztec Code Displayed on Mobile Phone Screens Many airlines and rail companies send Aztec Codes to passengers’...

Avec autant de types de codes-barres 1D et 2D, comment choisir le bon ? Dans cet article, nous vous donnons un guide complet des codes-barres 1D et 2D, couvrant 18 types majeurs de codes-barres. Collectivement, ils couvrent la majorité des besoins d’application. Pour les codes-barres 1D, ils incluent : UPC-A...

With the world going digital and the use of smartphones increasing, mobile data capture is becoming the new norm for most industries. And shipping logistics is no exception. From capturing detailed order and delivery information to tracking shipments and warehouse locations, barcode technology is used in every step in the...

Dynamsoft Barcode Reader (DBR) is an enterprise-grade barcode scanner SDK (Software Development Kits). It can transform desktops and mobile devices into powerful barcode scanners so that dedicated devices are no longer necessary. Many companies have already benefited from the powerful barcode recognition of DBR and by using it they can...

With the tremendous growth in the past few years, the global jewellery market is projected to reach the $480.5 billion mark by 2025. While the jewellery industry is on the path of growth, managing the day-to-day operations at a jewellery store requires specialized control and the best technologies to ensure...

Shipping labels must be scanned effectively to save time and keep errors at bay. Speed becomes even more critical in the shipping and receiving process during peak times such as the holiday season and end-of-season sales. Relying on antiquated technology and equipment only makes things more challenging. Investing in the...

In the tobacco industry, barcodes are used to mark tobacco product packages such as cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Barcodes provide multiple benefits to tobacco manufacturers as they: Entail crucial information such as the pack contents, the date, and the lot details. Ensure proper tracking and tracing throughout the supply chain Provide...

Si está buscando un SDK en JavaScript para crear un lector de código de barras y códigos QR, el Dynamsoft JavaScript Barcode SDK es sin duda el mejor. Nuestro SDK permite a los desarrolladores crear rápidamente aplicaciones web para lectura de códigos de barras y códigos QR con unas pocas...

Con tantos códigos de barras 1D y 2D, ¿cómo elegir el adecuado? En este artículo encontrarás una guía sobre los códigos de barras 1D y 2D, incluyendo los 18 tipos principales que, en conjunto, cubren las necesidades de las aplicaciones. Los códigos de barras 1D incluyen: UPC-A UPC-E EAN 8...

¿Necesitas escanear códigos de barras 1D o códigos QR de una imagen desde el navegador con rapidez? Prueba nuestra aplicación online de lectura de códigos de barras, desarrollada mediante el SDK de Dynamsoft Barcode Reader. Esta aplicación de escaneo de códigos de barras pone de manifiesto el potencial de las...

Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK has won the silver award at the 28th edition Visual Studio Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards (2022). Opinions were submitted by software developers on products in 42 categories to help create a list of the best helper software available for use in the Microsoft developer ecosystem. Dynamsoft...

Want to scan 1D barcodes or QR codes from images quickly in your browser? Try the free online barcode scanning application built using Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK. This barcode scanning application highlights the powerful features and industry-leading performance of Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK. To scan barcode online with this app,...

Dynamsoft was listed in the Top Software Development Companies in 2022 by Techreviewer- a research and analytics company focused on delivering lists of the top-performing companies in multiple industries. More than a hundred other large to mid-sized software companies made it to the list. Dynamsoft was recognised on the list...

A 4th-year Ph.D. student, Mustafa Doga Dogan, in the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, came up with the idea of invisible machine-readable labels that identify and track objects. Dogan, along with other MIT research scientists, calls these InfraredTags. These tags are embedded within the interior of the...

Dynamsoft Barcode Scanner Demo is a free barcode scanner application that transforms mobile devices into barcode recognition tools. This barcode reader application lets you read linear, 2-dimensional barcodes, and high-density QR codes from camera video streams, image files, and screenshots. With the release of its latest version, Dynamsoft Barcode Scanner...

Accurately capturing data from paper forms can be extremely challenging. Re-keyed-paper-based-form data not only is human-intensive, it’s also error-prone. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) can help reduce the amount of human involvement. However, it still requires some human supervision to ensure the data capture process is done correctly.  Streamline workflow using...

Speed and accuracy are two of the most important aspects to measure barcode scanning performance. How fast can the barcode scanning speed be under the premise of ensuring accuracy? To explore the limits of barcode scanning speed, we use Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK to do a test. Click the link...

Interested in integrating barcode reading into your application, but find the process overwhelming or confusing? You’ve come to the right place. Dynamsoft Barcode Reader provides multiple packages on different platforms based on different programming languages. In this post, we aim to help you by showing you how to choose the...

Retail stores continue to find new ways to engage customers and build better customer relationships, even or especially during COVID-19. According to Small Business Trends, there are at least five things customers want from a retail store. These include personalized customer service, online/offline integration, the use of mobile technology, loyalty...

Dynamsoft’s Barcode Reader SDK is a cross-platform bar code detection and decoding library. With the barcode scanning SDK, developers could easily build Java barcode applications on Windows, Linux, and macOS. The Complete SDK Package Get 30-day free trial of Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK > Java Barcode Quick Start A dynamsoft-barcodereader-7.5.jar file...

Code 39 and Code 128 are both 1D barcodes that support both numeric and alpha data. They are widely used in non-retail environments, such as library books, membership cards, small items, etc. In this article, we will compare the two barcodes and help you understand the differences between them. Scan...

Barcodes have an array of applications – they are business critical in warehousing for inventory management. They can be productive in retail marketing campaigns and much more. Here is a short but useful collection of how a couple of European and a couple of California businesses leverage barcodes for their...

By now you should be familiar with the enabling EHR technologies and various technical considerations for adopting this application. But there are one other consideration that is often overlooked. Human Bottlenecks Often, migrating to a new technology can be a challenging and lengthy process for staff members. Healthcare providers might...

By now you should be familiar with the enabling EHR technologies and various technical considerations for adopting this application. But there are one other consideration that is often overlooked. Human Bottlenecks Often, migrating to a new technology can be a challenging and lengthy process for staff members. Healthcare providers might...

Optimize Results for Effective OCR 1. Image Quality To optimize results for effective OCR, image resolution is important. For the usual font size (10 pts or above), a resolution of 300 dots per inch (DPI) is recommended. Smaller font sizes will command even higher DPI resolutions. Also, when scanning, you...

Optimize Results for Effective OCR 1. Image Quality To optimize results for effective OCR, image resolution is important. For the usual font size (10 pts or above), a resolution of 300 dots per inch (DPI) is recommended. Smaller font sizes will command even higher DPI resolutions. Also, when scanning, you...

Previously we talked about two important fundamental technologies, Scan and Barcode. In this blog post we will briefly go over another mature technology that can be utilized to greatly enrich an EHR application and how do users benefit from these technologies through various scenarios. Download your eBook The Power of...

Most organizations continue to experience paperwork inefficiencies and the healthcare industry is arguably the top suffering sector for it. Thus, whether by regulation or not, healthcare organizations are more and more desperate for relief from paperwork via electronic health record (EHR) solutions. In this blog series, we will dissect the...

Anyone tasked with regularly and manually capturing vehicle identification numbers (VIN) knows how troublesome they can be when doing so from a vehicle. You usually have to hover over and read through the windshield at the engraved numbers etched in low contrast. Or, you can kneel to look at the...

With so many 1D and 2D barcode types, how do you choose the right one? In this article, we give you a comprehensive guide to 1D and 2D barcodes, covering 18 major barcodes types. Collectively, they cover the bulk of application needs. For 1D barcodes, they include: UPC-A UPC-E EAN...

If you need to enable web-based barcode scanning for your mobile browsers but don’t want the additional effort of an app for both users and developers, then this post is for you. We will be discussing how you can build an online QR code scanner using the mobile camera. Primarily,...

In retail, crumpled QR codes are common on plastic packaging or cylinder containers, for example. Wrinkled codes are also common with paper receipts or tickets. Deskewing a crumpled QR code can sometimes diminish the quality of the image, which in turn reduces the barcode recognition accuracy. But, Dynamsoft Barcode Reader...

Human Readable Barcode Compared with 2d barcodes, linear barcodes are less robust and error-prone due to the lack of or low level of error detection and error correction mechanisms. For this reason, we often print text that encodes the same data as the barcode. Most often, the text string is...

Sometimes a physical barcode can be incomplete due to poor printing or damage. For QR Codes and Data Matrix codes, this can cause the finder patterns to be obscured.  The morphology of 2D matrix codes are made up of finder patterns. These finder patterns in QR Codes consist of three...

A barcode is an optical, machine-readable representation of data. These representations have become an essential tool in data capture and document management, greatly enhancing business workflows and efficiency. Imagine this scenario: You possess thousands of scanned image files, each imprinted with a Code 39 barcode. Your objective is to rename...

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Whether you are working with an inventory system, a medication administration system, or another system that uses barcodes, chances are you may on occasion encounter unreadable barcodes. Software developers certainly have levels of control over the accuracy of barcode recognition in an application. But, for end users of a barcode...

Dynamsoft Barcode Reader provides a powerful solution for decoding Direct Part Marking (DPM) codes, efficiently handling formats such as DataMatrix and QR codes. Due to their nature of being etched into surfaces rather than printed in black and white, DPM codes present a number of unique challenges for barcode readers....

How to generate QR code and linear barcodes in C# and VB.NET? We are pretty much surrounded by barcodes every day. For example, almost everything we purchased from a grocery store has a barcode on the package. When a patient is checked in, a wristband will be tied to the...

TicketSwap is a consumer-to-consumer platform designed to provide a safe, convenient, and fair place to buy and sell e-tickets for concerts, festivals, sports events, theatres, etc. TicketSwap has been active for over five years with an ever-evolving platform. To process all the tickets uploaded by sellers and prevent tickets from...

With the release of Dynamsoft Barcode Reader DBR 7.0, we are excited to introduce a number of features and enhancements that take Dynamsoft Barcode Reader to another level. In this post, we discuss these new features, how they work, and what they mean for you. More Modes, More Flexibility A...

Mobile devices have undoubtedly become indispensable parts of our lives, but more and more they are assets used to perform daily job functions. Across many industries such as healthcare and postal services, workers rely on their phones and tablets to scan barcodes, track inventory, store and lookup records in databases,...

Access Intermediate Image Results Throughout the Decoding Process Data enthusiasts rejoice! Dynamsoft Barcode Reader (DBR) 7.0 has a new advanced feature that is unparalleled in the market currently. No other barcode reader SDK offers developers the ability to access a number of data points throughout the decoding process. These results,...

The market for barcode scanners remains robust with at least one estimate calling for CAGR growth of around seven percent through 2027. They’ve been around forever and as a result, there exists a variety of hardware to scan barcodes, each with pros and cons depending on your goals with barcode...

QR code can store much more data than a 1D code. But do you know how much data it can represent? Here is a quote from wikipedia1: The amount of data that can be stored in the QR code symbol depends on the datatype (mode, or input character set), version...

Improving accuracy and decoding rate remains a top priority for developers working with barcode reading SDKs. While configuration tweaks and improvements in the algorithm can result in drastic improvements, end users can also play a significant role by improving the image resolution at the time the image is taken, ensuring...

Looking for the best barcode reader SDK for your application, but aren’t sure how to evaluate the different options, and what considerations you should be making? You’ve come to the right place. There are more than a dozen commercial-grade barcode reader SDKs on the market and it can be time-consuming and...

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Developer Tip: Improve Barcode Recognition Rates In the fast-paced world of software development, improving the accuracy and speed of barcode recognition is a crucial challenge for developers. This blog explores 4 essential tips and techniques that can help enhance barcode scanning capabilities. Learn about resolutions, dealing with damaged barcodes, and...

Dynamsoft’s Barcode SDK Helps Avision Create Cost-Effective 1D / 2D Barcode Software to Bundle with 55 New Scanner Products Avision has adopted Dynamsoft’s barcode reader software development kit (SDK) to create new barcode scanning and reading software for many of the company’s document scanners sold throughout North America and other...