Apple’s vision framework provides APIs for performing computer vision tasks such as face detection, document boundary detection, and text extraction. In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to leverage these APIs and Dynamsoft MRZ SDK to build a robust iOS ID scanner app. Demo Video: iOS ID Scanner Prerequisites A 30-day...

A production-ready MRZ scanner app can be a powerful tool for businesses and organizations. It automates the process of scanning MRZs from passports and ID cards, detects faces, captures document images, and exports results to PDF. In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to implement these features in an Android...

Machine Readable Zones (MRZ) are vital components of passports, visas, and other identification documents. Typically located at the bottom of a document’s front page, MRZs contain essential information such as the document type, holder’s name, issuing country, and expiration date. In today’s digital landscape, MRZ recognition is an invaluable tool...

MRZ (machine-readable zone) is a section on ID documents. It is designed to be read by a machine to get the document owner’s info, like name, age, sex and nationality. In this article, we are going to build an expo application to scan MRZ. Dynamsoft Label Recognizer is used to...

Identity documents are adopted in many countries to prove a person’s identity. They usually have a card design around 8.6 cm x 5.4 cm in size with three-line MRZ, like ID cards in Germany and the Netherlands. Dutch ID Card Specimen: In this article, we are going to talk about...

MRZ stands for “machine-readable zone”. It is usually at the bottom of an identity page for machines to read its info like document type, name, nationality, date of birth, sex and expiration date, etc. A dataset of MRZ images is needed to train an OCR engine of MRZ or evaluate...

When developing or selecting an MRZ (Machine Readable Zone) recognition SDK, the primary challenge lies in finding an appropriate dataset for testing. Acquiring genuine MRZ images is challenging, and due to privacy concerns, they aren’t publicly accessible. Therefore, crafting MRZ images becomes a practical solution. Fortunately, there’s an open-source Python...

Many countries have now adopted an ID card design around 8.6 cm x 5.4 cm in size with three-line MRZ, like ID cards in Germany and the Netherlands. Dutch ID Card Specimen: In this article, we are going to talk about how to build an ID card scanner in Ionic...

Machine-Readable Zone (MRZ) recognition is an essential technology in various sectors, including security, immigration, and automation. Its application in Android software can enhance a wide array of services by enabling quick and accurate data capture from identification documents like passports and ID cards. This article aims to guide you through...

Passport Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) detection is sensitive to the orientation of the passport. If the passport is not right side up, the MRZ detection rate will be low. In this article, we will discuss how to improve the MRZ detection rate from rotated images with Python. Edge detection, perspective...