Turning a phone camera into a reliable document scanner requires accurate edge detection, perspective correction, and clean image output — all in real time. The Dynamsoft Capture Vision React Native SDK handles the heavy lifting, letting you ship a cross-platform document scanner for Android and iOS without writing any native...

Mobile document scanning has become a baseline feature for productivity apps — think expense reports captured from receipts, signed contracts photographed in a meeting room, or ID documents registered at a service counter. Building such a feature from scratch, handling perspective correction, edge detection, and multi-format export, is a significant...

Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) scanning is a critical feature in identity verification, border control, hotel check-in, and know-your-customer (KYC) workflows. Passports and ICAO-compliant ID cards embed personal data in two or three lines of OCR-B printed text at the bottom of the data page — the MRZ. A mobile app...

When building Android applications that require barcode scanning capabilities, developers have several SDK options to consider. Two commonly used solutions are Google ML Kit Barcode Scanning and Dynamsoft Barcode Reader. ML Kit is a free, general-purpose machine learning SDK from Google, while Dynamsoft Barcode Reader is a commercial SDK specialized...

Augmented reality (AR) enhances our physical environment by overlaying digital information in real time. This technology transforms traditional barcode scanning from a simple data capture task into an intuitive spatial experience. Imagine walking through a warehouse where AR markers precisely identify each item’s location, or managing hospital supplies with visual...

Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) recognition is a critical feature in applications that require scanning and processing identity documents, such as passports and visas. On Android devices, implementing accurate MRZ recognition can significantly enhance the efficiency and user experience of such apps. In this article, we will explore how to build...

US driver’s licenses store personal information using PDF417 barcode symbology according to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) specification. This comprehensive guide shows you how to build a production-ready Android driver’s license scanner app with camera resolution options (720P/1080P) to compare scanning performance between Dynamsoft Capture Vision and...

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...

Building a barcode scanner app is one thing, but creating an intuitive user experience with real-time visual feedback is what sets great apps apart from the rest. In this comprehensive tutorial, you’ll learn how to enhance the basic Dynamsoft React Native barcode scanner sample by adding dynamic visual overlays that...

A Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) scanner application is a useful tool for car owners and car manufacturers, enabling quick retrieval of a vehicle’s unique identifier. In this tutorial, we’ll walk through creating a cross-platform .NET MAUI VIN barcode scanner using Dynamsoft Capture Vision, covering setup, UI implementation, and VIN recognition...

Starting from .NET 9, there is a new HybridWebView control in MAUI which makes it easy to host arbitrary HTML/JS/CSS content in a web view, and enables communication between the code in the web view (JavaScript) and the code that hosts the web view (C#/.NET). In this article, we are...

Dynamsoft’s pre-built Android MRZ (Machine Readable Zone) Scanner component, which wraps low-level Dynamsoft Capture Vision API, is open-source and available for download on GitHub. An Android VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) Scanner has not been officially released yet, but a relevant example project is available. This article will guide you through...

.NET MAUI is designed for cross-platform development, but achieving seamless compatibility across all platforms isn’t always straightforward. While developers might assume cross-platform apps are easy to build with .NET MAUI, many existing libraries were initially tailored for Xamarin and remain limited to Android and iOS. Creating a unified .NET MAUI...

In the previous article, we talked about how to scan barcodes using a USB camera on an Android device. In this article, we are going to scan MRZ (machine-readable zone) on passports and ID cards with Dynamsoft Label Recognizer. Here is a video of the result: What you’ll build: A...

VIN stands for vehicle identification number. It is a unique 17-character code to identify individual vehicles. The VIN contains information about your car’s make, model, and year, as well as the country where it was manufactured and other important details. You may find the VIN label on your car’s dashboard,...

Creating a mobile app that scans and decodes Machine Readable Zones (MRZs) is essential for many industries, including travel, security, and identification verification. With .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI), developers can build cross-platform applications for Android and iOS using a single codebase, streamlining development and maintenance. In this tutorial, we’ll...

An IP camera, also known as a network camera, is a digital video tool that sends and receives data via the internet. Unlike its analogue predecessor, the CCTV (Closed Circuit TV), it offers the functionality to view live or recorded footage from anywhere, anytime using a web-based platform or mobile...

.NET MAUI simplifies cross-platform app development by enabling a single codebase for multiple platforms. The Dynamsoft Capture Vision MAUI Bundle offers powerful APIs for document scanning, barcode reading, and MRZ recognition. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a .NET MAUI document scanner that can capture, normalize, and share...

Exchangeable image file format (officially Exif) is a standard that specifies formats for images, sound, and ancillary tags used by digital cameras (including smartphones). It contains metadata like camera parameters, image dimensions, and image orientation. Most camera sensors have a shape where its width is larger than the height. If...

Recently, Dynamsoft released a new .NET MAUI Barcode SDK for building barcode scanning applications on Android and iOS. In this tutorial, we will use Visual Studio Code to create a .NET MAUI Barcode Scanner from scratch. Our application will decode barcodes and QR codes from both image files and camera...

Barcode scanning is an essential tool for modern inventory management. It improves accuracy, efficiency, real-time tracking, and cost savings, making it a critical component of any effective inventory management system. In this article, we will build a Flutter barcode scanner capable of simultaneously reading multiple 1D barcodes, QR codes, and...

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...

The MediaDevices.getUserMedia() API is the standard way to access cameras from web browsers. While it’s relatively straightforward, building a complete web camera viewer still requires significant effort. Until recently, there were no ready-to-use JavaScript camera widgets. However, with the release of the Dynamsoft Camera Enhancer library, implementing a browser-based camera...

Although almost every Android phone is equipped with cameras, some Android devices, like TV boxes and kiosks, may not have cameras built-in. An easy way to add extra camera functionality to these devices is by connecting with a USB camera if they support USB-OTG. Starting from Android 9, the Android...