The Dynamsoft Capture Vision Bundle is a single NuGet package that bundles three powerful vision capabilities: Dynamsoft Barcode Reader (DBR), Dynamsoft Document Normalizer (DDN), and Dynamsoft Label Recognizer (DLR) with MRZ parsing support. All capabilities are exposed through a single unified CaptureVisionRouter API. In this tutorial, we will build a...

Building desktop applications that interact with hardware devices like scanners and cameras has traditionally been challenging, often requiring platform-specific driver installations, complex configuration, and dealing with vendor-specific SDKs. Modern .NET development, however, provides us with powerful frameworks and libraries that simplify these interactions significantly. In this comprehensive tutorial, we’ll walk...

The Dynamic Web TWAIN service is the local bridge between browser applications and scanners. The first time a user visits a web scanning app built with Dynamic Web TWAIN, they’re prompted to install this service so scanning can work. In some scenarios, you may want tighter control: ship the service...

In today’s digital workplace, document scanning and text recognition are vital capabilities for many business applications. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a Windows document scanner application with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) using: .NET 8 C# Dynamic Web TWAIN REST API Windows.Media.Ocr API (Windows built-in OCR engine) By...

Barcode generators are essential tools in various scenarios. A typical use case is testing barcode reader and scanner SDKs. In this tutorial, we’ll build a Windows Forms application that can both generate and read barcodes using two popular .NET Barcode SDKs: ZXing.NET and Dynamsoft Barcode Reader. ZXing.NET offers both barcode...

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...

.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...

Dynamsoft provides two NuGet packages for .NET MAUI development: Dynamsoft.BarcodeReaderBundle.Maui and Dynamsoft.DotNet.BarcodeReader.Bundle. The former targets Android and iOS, while the latter is built for Windows. In this article, we will demonstrate how to use Windows Media API to capture video frames from a USB camera and integrate Dynamsoft Barcode Reader...

Document digitization is a common task across various industries. Many documents—such as exam papers, legal contracts, patient records, account statements and more—contain barcodes that store crucial information. In this article, we will demonstrate how to build a .NET MAUI Windows app to digitize documents using traditional scanners (HP, Canon, Epson,...

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...

.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...

Need to scan paper documents directly from a .NET Blazor WebAssembly app? Dynamic Web TWAIN is a JavaScript-based document scanning SDK that supports TWAIN, WIA, SANE, ICA, and eSCL scanner protocols across Windows, macOS, and Linux. This tutorial shows you how to connect a Blazor WebAssembly app to physical scanners...

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...

Dynamsoft Document Viewer SDK provides a comprehensive set of APIs for viewing and annotating PDFs and images in web applications. By integrating the SDK into your Blazor web app, you can create a powerful document management system with advanced features such as PDF rendering, page navigation, image quality enhancement, and...

Blazor is a powerful framework by Microsoft that enables developers to build interactive web applications using C# instead of JavaScript, bringing the full power of .NET to the browser. While Blazor allows you to write most of your web app in C#, calling existing JavaScript APIs remains an inevitable part...

In .NET MAUI development, both BlazorWebView and WebView are used to display web content, but they serve different purposes and are designed for different scenarios. The BlazorWebView is specifically designed to host Blazor components in a .NET MAUI application, allowing you to reuse Blazor components and share code between web...

Last week, we developed a desktop document scanner application using .NET MAUI and the Dynamic Web TWAIN REST API. We encountered an issue where the app’s UI, constructed with MAUI controls, behaved inconsistently on Windows and macOS. For instance, the Picker control functioned well on Windows but not on macOS....

Dynamsoft used to offer both the .NET TWAIN SDK and the Dynamic Web TWAIN SDK. However, the .NET TWAIN SDK is no longer maintained, and the focus has shifted to the web-based Dynamic Web TWAIN SDK. Despite this shift, you can still build a desktop document scanner application in .NET...

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...

This tutorial walks through building a real-time webcam barcode reader for Windows desktop using C#, the DirectShow.NET library, and the Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK. DirectShow.NET captures video frames from a USB webcam, while the Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK decodes 1D and 2D barcodes from each frame. This approach is ideal...

ASP.NET Core enables C# server-side applications to run on Windows, Linux, and macOS. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of building a web document scanning application with ASP.NET Core and Dynamic Web TWAIN SDK. What you’ll build: A cross-platform web document scanning application using ASP.NET Core MVC...

In our previous article, we mentioned how to create a Web Barcode Scanner using RazorBarcodeLibrary. The library is built on top of the Dynamsoft JavaScript Barcode SDK, which encapsulates the camera access and barcode reading logic in JavaScript. In fact, Dynamsoft also provides an independent JavaScript camera library, named Dynamsoft...

Last week, we developed a RESTful service using .NET C# and Twain.Wia.Sane.Scanner library to scan documents from TWAIN, WIA, SANE, and eSCL scanners. This week, we will repurpose the C# code to construct a Blazor WebAssembly application that digitizes documents directly from a web browser, all without the need for...

RESTful service can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection, irrespective of platform or device. Deploying a commercial SDK as a RESTful service can simplify integration, improve accessibility, and provide better control over the deployment environment and usage. In this article, we’ll delve into how you can effortlessly integrate...

Having previously developed libraries for Node.js, Flutter, Java, and Python to integrate with Dynamic Web TWAIN Service’s REST API, we’re now turning our attention to .NET. In this article, we introduce a .NET library to interface with the REST API, facilitating document scanning from TWAIN, WIA, SANE, and eSCL compatible...

Dynamsoft Barcode Reader, as an enterprise-class barcode and QR code SDK, supports many platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS, Raspberry Pi OS, and Web) and programming languages (Python, Java, Swift, C#, Cpp, and JavaScript). There are many sample projects distributed in Dynamsoft GitHub repositories and official website. To help developers...

HTML5 is universally supported across all modern browsers — Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox, and Opera — on both desktop and mobile, as well as WebView components used in native Android and iOS apps. This cross-platform reach means a single ASP.NET web application can serve all users without maintaining separate native...

Since .NET 6 Preview 3, it is possible to host Blazor web applications in a WinForms/WPF app using the BlazorWebView control. Behind BlazorWebView is WebView2, which uses Microsoft Edge as the rendering engine to display the web content in native apps. Developers can now adopt a hybrid app approach, utilizing...