Choosing between AI coding assistants is hard when you can only test one at a time. Developers who have Qwen Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, OpenCode, and Gemini CLI installed need a fast way to send the same prompt to all of them and read the results in parallel. This project...

This article demonstrates how to build a desktop application that scans physical documents and reads barcodes from them — all within a single Python window. The application combines PySide6 for the native UI, Dynamic Web TWAIN (DWT) for scanner integration, and Dynamsoft Barcode Reader for barcode decoding. DWT is a...

In this tutorial, you will learn how to build a professional desktop application for reading Machine Readable Zones (MRZ) from passports and ID cards with portrait and document detection capabilities. By the end of this guide, you’ll have a fully functional GUI application built with PySide6 and powered by Dynamsoft...

As AI coding assistants become increasingly popular, developers face a critical question: Which AI agent provides the most accurate and up-to-date code? This article documents a comprehensive experiment testing five major AI coding agents and how to solve their knowledge limitations. What you’ll build: A custom AI agent definition that...

In the world of Python barcode scanning, developers have several options to choose from, including ZXing, ZBar, and the Dynamsoft Barcode Reader. Each of these libraries offers unique strengths, catering to different needs and environments. ZXing and ZBar are popular open-source options, known for their community-driven development and flexibility. On...

On October 14, 2025, Dynamsoft unveiled its most significant leap in computer vision yet — the AI-powered Dynamsoft Capture Vision (DCV) 3.2.1000. This release introduces groundbreaking deep learning models that transform how 1D barcodes and MRZs are detected and decoded, pushing the boundaries of accuracy, performance, and real-world reliability. In...

When working with barcode detection in real-world applications, developers often encounter scenarios where standard settings fall short. Images with poor lighting, low quality, skewed angles, or complex backgrounds can make accurate detection extremely challenging. Dynamsoft Barcode Reader offers a robust set of parameters that can be fine-tuned to optimize performance...

When scanning barcodes in production (warehouse, logistics, healthcare, retail), image quality issues like blur, motion, glare, low contrast, or physical damage can cause even strong barcode algorithms to fail. Fortunately, most linear (1D) barcodes also include human-readable text. That text becomes a powerful assist layer: if the barcode fails, OCR...

In the rapidly evolving world of software development, SDK providers frequently release new versions with performance improvements, bug fixes, and enhanced features. However, developers often struggle to quantify the actual benefits of upgrading to newer versions. In this article, we’ll take Dynamsoft Capture Vision SDK as an example to explore...

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, IP camera systems have become the backbone of numerous industries requiring real-time monitoring, automation, and data capture. In this article, we will explore how to turn a USB camera into an IP camera for remote monitoring, as well as how to implement a GUI...

AI agents are transforming software development by empowering developers to build complex applications through iterative development, debugging, and optimization. These agents can analyze requirements, propose architectures, generate code, and even troubleshoot issues—dramatically accelerating the development lifecycle. In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to leverage Claude Sonnet 4 to build a...

In this article, we are going to talk about how to scan documents from the command line (CLI), which allows scanning and saving documents to be automated and/or scripted. There are different APIs to access document scanners and here is a comparison table about them. Feature TWAIN WIA (Windows Image Acquisition)...

The Dynamsoft Python Barcode SDK, now part of the Dynamsoft Capture Vision Bundle, provides APIs for reading 1D and 2D barcodes from various image and PDF files. This tutorial demonstrates how to build both a command-line tool and a GUI application to read barcodes from PDF documents using the Dynamsoft...

SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International) font is a special dot matrix font used for marking silicon wafers. In this tutorial, we’ll walk through building a Python application to recognize these specialized markings using Dynamsoft Capture Vision SDK. What you’ll build: A cross-platform Python script that loads a custom SEMI...

GS1 is a global organization that develops and maintains supply chain standards, including barcode formats. Its system is widely adopted across industries to identify products, logistics units, locations, and more. A key part of this system is the GS1 Application Identifier (AI) — a standardized prefix that specifies the type...

FastAPI is a modern, async-ready Python web framework for building APIs. It wraps low-level ASGI (Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface) interfaces and is built on top of Starlette and Pydantic. The combination of FastAPI and Uvicorn is ideal for creating high-performance web applications. In this article, you’ll learn how to build...

Handheld camera devices play a big part in the document scanning process as they are more portable, powerful and affordable. However, different from using a document scanner, using a camera imposes challenges like complex backgrounds, variations in light, and perspective distortions. Thus, it is necessary to use a document scanning...

Now that the lightweight C++ camera SDK is complete for Windows, Linux and macOS, we can integrate it into other high-level programming languages. In this article, we will explore how to build a Python camera SDK based on the C++ camera library and use it for multi-barcode scanning with the...

Barcode Scanning has become an essential tool across various industries, from retail and logistics to healthcare. On desktop platforms, it enables the quick capture and processing of information without manual data entry, saving time and reducing errors. In this tutorial, we will continue exploring the capabilities of the Dynamsoft Capture...

Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) is a crucial feature adopted in modern passports, visas, and ID cards. It contains essential information about the document holder, such as their name, gender, country code, and document number. MRZ recognition plays a key role in border control, airport security, and hotel check-in processes. In...

Document detection is a key feature in many modern desktop, mobile and web applications. Recently, Dynamsoft unleashed its Python Capture Vision SDK, which provides a groundbreaking solution for developers working across Windows, Linux, and macOS. While the SDK also supports barcode and MRZ detection, this tutorial will focus on its...

The document-scanner-sdk package provides Python bindings for the Dynamsoft C/C++ Document Scanner SDK v1.x, enabling developers to quickly create document scanner applications for Windows and Linux desktop environments. This article demonstrates how to build a web-based document scanner using Python Flask and the Python Document Scanner SDK. The application allows...

Among the Python barcode SDKs available, only a few support ARM32 and ARM64 architectures. The Dynamsoft Barcode Reader stands out as the premier commercial SDK offering robust 1D and 2D barcode recognition for ARM32 and ARM64 devices. This article guides you through creating ARM32 and ARM64 emulated environments on Windows,...

Django is a popular Python framework for web development. In this tutorial, we will create a web application using Django and Dynamic Web TWAIN. This article is Part 4 in a 5-Part Series. Part 1 - How to Implement Web Document Scanning in ASP.NET Core MVC with Dynamic Web TWAIN...

In the previous article, we talked about what is QR code, its modes for encoding the data, and how to generate QR codes in Python. In this article, we are going to build an online QR code generator to make it convenient to generate QR codes in the browser. We...

A QR code (quick-response code) is a type of two-dimensional matrix barcode. It uses four standardized modes of encoding: numeric, alphanumeric, byte or binary, and kanji. Its highest storage capacity can be 2,953 bytes. What you’ll build: A Python script that generates QR codes in all five encoding modes —...

Gemini is Google’s latest AI model, which can be used for free with a limit of 60 queries per minute, and is capable of recognizing text from images. Generally, 1D barcodes are accompanied by human-readable text, which can be used to verify the accuracy of barcode recognition results. In this...

Scanned documents often contain skewed or crooked images. They do not look good and are not friendly for OCR. In this article, we are going to use OpenCV and Python to deskew scanned documents based on text lines. Steps to Deskew a Scanned Document Image with OpenCV We are going...

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...

Dynamic Web TWAIN Service streamlines document scanner programming for developers by providing a unified REST API that works with TWAIN, WIA, eSCL, SANE and ICA drivers. We have previously released a Node.js package and a Flutter plugin to interact with Dynamic Web TWAIN Service’s REST API. In this article, we...

In the previous article, we built a simple barcode reader server in Python and deployed it on Vercel. In this article, we are going to deploy it on AWS Lambda to provide a serverless barcode reading interface. What you’ll build: A serverless REST API on AWS Lambda that accepts a...

Microsoft Power Automate is a powerful service designed to automate workflows between various apps and services. Its Desktop version provides the added capability of automating desktop-centric operations, with or without user interface interactions. In this article, we will explore how to integrate Dynamsoft Barcode Reader, Dynamsoft Document Normalizer, and Dynamsoft...

If you are looking for the specification of South African driving license, you may be disappointed. There is no official reference except for the Stack Overflow Q&A, an incomplete document - ZA Drivers License format and a C# open source project. The Stack Overflow Q&A provides the RSA public key...

Dynamic Web TWAIN is an SDK which makes it possible to scan documents in browsers. Selenium is a suite of tools for automating web browsers, like Firefox, Edge and Chrome. Primarily, it is for testing purposes, but it can also serve for other tasks. In this article, we are going...

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...

Barcodes and QR codes are essential tools across various industries, including healthcare, finance, and education. In this article, we’ll explore how to leverage Dynamsoft’s powerful barcode recognition technologies to create an online barcode and QR code scanning application using Python Django. This article is Part 4 in a 7-Part Series....

Jupyter Notebook is a web-based interactive computing environment that lets you combine live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text in a single document. If you have Anaconda installed, Jupyter Notebook is included by default. This tutorial walks you through building a Python barcode scanner inside a Jupyter Notebook — upload...

In everyday life, we often use our smartphones to scan QR codes. However, when working on a computer, using a smartphone isn’t always the most convenient option for scanning QR codes that appear on your screen. Photos taken from monitors can have Moiré patterns, which can interfere with QR code...

The International Article Number (also known as European Article Number or EAN) is a standard describing a barcode symbology and numbering system used in global trade to identify a specific retail product type. The most commonly used EAN standard is the thirteen-digit EAN-13. 1 The 13-digit EAN-13 number consists of...

Email is a convenient way to send scanned documents. The ability to send emails is built into many network scanners. For example, HP All-in-One devices have a Scan-to-Email app. What you’ll build: A JavaScript web app that scans documents in the browser using Dynamic Web TWAIN, uploads them to a...

Qt Designer is a powerful tool for creating cross-platform graphical user interfaces (GUIs) using Qt widgets. In this guide, we’ll use Qt Designer to develop an advanced GUI for a Python-based barcode and QR code reader, leveraging the Dynamsoft Python Barcode SDK. This application will be compatible with Windows, Linux,...

If you’re aiming to develop a cross-platform GUI application using Python and Qt, your primary options are PyQt and PySide. Both offer Qt bindings for Python, but they differ mainly in licensing: PyQt5 requires either a GPL or a commercial license, while PySide6 is licensed under LGPL, making it more...

Start and stop characters are defined by 1D (linear) barcode standards. Sometimes you’ll encounter nonstandard barcodes where these characters differ. This guide takes Code 39 as the example and shows how to decode such barcodes in Python with the Dynamsoft Barcode Reader (via the Dynamsoft Capture Vision Bundle) by supplying...