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)...

Dynamic Web TWAIN offers two methods for scanning documents from a web page: the HTML5/JavaScript API and the RESTful API. The former is suitable for web applications that require a high level of customization, while the latter is ideal for enterprise-class web applications, such as Salesforce, Oracle APEX, and Microsoft...

In the previous article, we built a JavaFX demo app to scan documents using Dynamic Web TWAIN Service’s REST API. The demo app can scan documents via protocols like TWAIN, WIA, SANE, and ICA and save the documents into a PDF file using PDFBox. In this article, we are going...

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...

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...

Jetpack Compose is Android’s recommended modern toolkit for building native UI. It simplifies and accelerates UI development on Android. In this article, we are going to build a document scanner in Jetpack Compose. It can acquire images from document scanners or cameras and run document detection and correction. Here are...

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...

Dynamic Web TWAIN is an SDK which enables document scanning from browsers. Under its hood, a backend service named Dynamic Web TWAIN Service is running to communicate with scanners via protocols like TWAIN, WIA, eSCL, SANE and ICA. The service runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. Starting from Dynamic Web...

Microsoft Power Apps is a low-code development platform that enables you to build custom apps tailored to your business needs. Within Power Apps, a ‘Canvas App’ is a specific type of app that allows you to design your interface by dragging and dropping elements onto a canvas, similar to designing...

Dynamic Web TWAIN Service provides compatibility with all major document scanner protocols, including TWAIN, WIA, eSCL, SANE and ICA, across Windows, Linux and macOS platforms. Initially part of Dynamic Web TWAIN, it will soon offer its core scanning functionalities through a REST API in an upcoming release. This article guides...

Dynamsoft’s Web TWAIN SDK has long been a market leader in web-based document scanning, empowering numerous organizations to develop their own document management systems. The SDK consisted of two main components: a Dynamic Web TWAIN Service for scanner management and a JavaScript library for front-end development. Previously, this service could...

A few months ago, Google announced a new operating system named Fuchsia. It was my first time to hear about Dart, which is the primary programming language for Fuchsia. Dart is a programming language designed by Google.  It is used to build the web (Dart webdev), mobile (Flutter) and server...