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 evaluating barcode scanning SDKs, you’ll often encounter bold marketing claims: “Scans barcodes from 5 meters away!” or “Industry-leading long-distance scanning!” But here’s the truth that vendors don’t want you to know: distance alone is a meaningless metric. In this article, I’ll show you how to build an iOS app...

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...

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 VIN scanner using .NET MAUI and 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...

The Dynamsoft GitHub page provides sample projects for learning iOS development with MRZ (Machine Readable Zone) and VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) scanning. Both sample projects are built using Storyboard. In this tutorial, we’ll use the official source code as a foundation to build an iOS application that supports both MRZ...

In office environments, network-connected physical document scanners from manufacturers like HP , Canon , Epson , and Brother often support protocols such as ESCL (AirPrint) or ICA (Image Capture). However, for scanners that do not natively support these protocols, you can use third-party services like Dynamic Web TWAIN to enable...

In this article, we will explore Dynamsoft’s Ready-to-Use Barcode Scanner API for iOS. We will cover how to integrate the barcode scanner framework, distributed via the Swift Package Manager, into an iOS SwiftUI project, as well as how to customize its functionalities by modifying the source code. This article is...

Machine-readable zones (MRZ) are an essential feature for processing passports, IDs, and other travel documents. In this tutorial, we’ll demonstrate how to build an iOS MRZ scanner app using SwiftUI and Dynamsoft Capture Vision SDK. This article is Part 2 in a 6-Part Series. Part 1 - Creating an iOS...

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...

In this article, we are going to write a React Native demo to crop images. It uses React Native Skia and React Native Gesture Handler to provide an interactive cropper. Dynamsoft Document Normalizer is used to detect the document boundaries and do perspective transformation to crop the image. New Project...

In today’s fast-paced digital environment, efficient document management is vital across industries such as finance, healthcare, legal, and education. Traditional paper handling methods are not only slow but also susceptible to errors and inefficiencies. Document PDF scanner apps offer a modern solution by streamlining workflows and significantly boosting productivity. This...

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...

Dynamsoft Label Recognizer is an SDK to recognize the text of key areas. Its major use case is to read MRZ (machine-readable zone) on passports. In this article, we are going to build an iOS MRZ scanner using Dynamsoft Label Recognizer with Swift. A demo video of the final result:...

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...

Sometimes, we may need to merge multiple images into a single PDF file. For example, we scan the front side and the back side of an ID card and want to store them in a single PDF file. In this article, we are going to talk about how to build...

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...

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...

React Native Vision Camera is a React Native camera library which makes it easy to build a camera app with various image processing features like barcode reading, document scanning and OCR. It has a feature called frame processor. We can write frame processor plugins to integrate image processing features with...

Expo is an open-source platform for making universal native apps for Android, iOS, and the web with JavaScript and React. It is basically a set of tools built on top of React Native, which makes it easy to develop and distribute apps. In this article, we are going to build...

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...

In the previous article, we talked about the possibility of transferring files via QR codes and built a demo web app. In this article, we are going to build a cross-platform version using Ionic Vue which can run on Android, iOS and Web. The mechanism is also improved by adding...

A Mobile Check Capture app, also known as a Check Deposit app or Mobile Check Deposit app, is a mobile application that allows users to deposit checks using their smartphones or tablets. It provides a convenient way for individuals and businesses to deposit checks without visiting a bank branch or...

NativeScript is an open-source native runtime for building native mobile apps with JavaScript. We can easily call native APIs using JavaScript. A NativeScript plugin is any npm package that exposes a native API via JavaScript which is made convenient for projects to use. In this article, we are going to...

In this article, we are going to create a mobile document scanning app using Ionic Vue. Ionic is a cross-platform framework for developing mobile apps with web technologies. An Ionic app can not only run as a progressive web app (PWA) in browsers but also run as a native app...

Dynamsoft Document Normalizer is an SDK to detect the boundary of documents and runs perspective transformation to get a normalized document image. In this article, we are going to build an iOS document scanner using Dynamsoft Document Normalizer and AVFoundation. A demo video of the final result: The scanning process:...

In the previous article, we built a Capacitor document scanning plugin based on the Dynamsoft Document Normalizer SDK. In this article, we are going to build a document scanner in Angular using the Ionic framework. Demo video of the final result: The app can take a photo or load an...

Capacitor is an open-source native runtime created by the Ionic team for building Web Native apps. We can use it to create cross-platform iOS, Android, and Progressive Web Apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Using Capacitor plugins, we can use JavaScript to interface directly with native APIs. In this article,...

In the previous article, we’ve built a document normalization React Native Vision Camera frame processor based on Dynamsoft Document Normalizer SDK. In this article, we are going to use it to build a React Native document scanning demo app. This article is Part 2 in a 2-Part Series. Part 1...

Dynamsoft Document Normalizer is an SDK to detect the boundary of documents and runs perspective transformation to get a normalized document image. A normalized image can be used for further processing such as OCR. In this article, we are going to create a React Native Vision Camera frame processor plugin...

Capacitor is an open-source native runtime created by the Ionic team for building Web Native apps. We can use it to create cross-platform iOS, Android, and Progressive Web Apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Using Capacitor plugins, we can use JavaScript to interface directly with native APIs. In this article,...

Ionic is a popular framework to build cross-platform mobile web apps. In this article, we are going to build an Ionic Angular app based on Cordova to scan the MRZ codes which are often found on passports. The JavaScript version of Dynamsoft Label Recognizer is used to provide the ability...

Quasar is a Vue.js-based framework, which allows web developers to quickly create responsive websites/apps, while Capacitor is a runtime for creating cross-platform iOS, Android, and Progressive Web Apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. In this article, we are going to use the two to create a QR code scanner using...

In the previous series of articles, we’ve created a react-native-vision-camera frame processor plugin of Dynamsoft Label Recognizer to recognize text. In this article, we are going to build an MRZ scanner using this plugin to better illustrate how to use it. MRZ stands for machine-readable zone, which is usually at...

In the previous article, we’ve given a brief demonstration on how to use the capacitor-plugin-dynamsoft-barcode-reader to create a cross-platform QR code scanner using Ionic React. In this article, we are going to use Ionic Vue to create such a QR code scanner. Online demo Building an Ionic Vue QR Code...

The Ionic framework has shifted its native runtime from Cordova to Capacitor. But we can still create Ionic Angular projects based on Cordova. In this article, we are going to create an Ionic Angular QR code scanning app based on Cordova using the cordova-plugin-dynamsoft-barcode-reader and the ionic wrapper. Preview of...

The Ionic framework has shifted its native runtime from Cordova to Capacitor. But for compatibility concerns and the fact that there are many good Cordova plugins, we can still use Cordova plugins in an Ionic project. We can directly use Cordova plugins with the cordova object, but there is a...

In this article, we are going to create a mobile document scanning app using Ionic React. Ionic is a cross-platform framework for developing mobile apps with web technologies. An Ionic app can not only run as a web app in browsers but also run as a native app on Android...

In the previous article, we’ve given a brief demonstration on how to use the capacitor-plugin-dynamsoft-barcode-reader to create a cross-platform QR code scanner using web technologies with Capacitor. In this article, we are going to take a step further to create an Ionic React QR Code Scanner. Online demo on netlify:...

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...

Capacitor is an open source native runtime created by the Ionic team for building Web Native apps. We can use it to create cross-platform iOS, Android, and Progressive Web Apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.1 As an alternative to Cordova, Capacitor delivers the same cross-platform benefits, but with a more...

Dynamsoft Camera Enhancer (DCE) provides high-level APIs for developers to quickly create a camera application, such as a barcode scanner and a text scanner. The API surface works across most Android and iOS devices. While it leverages the capabilities of Android’s Camera2 and iOS’s AVCaptureSession, it is much easier to...

A few weeks ago, Dynamsoft released an iOS camera SDK that aims to help developers quickly build a document scanning app for iOS platform. In this post, I will share how to configure the SDK in Xcode, as well as how to create a simple document scanner app from scratch....

No matter whether you are a mobile developer of Android or iOS, your ultimate goal is definitely to publish your apps on Google Play or App Store. Before submitting apps for review, you need to attach some screenshots used for promotion. Furthermore, you can record screen video in order to...