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We're pleased to announce that the following features will be supported in the next release of the toolkit:

1. Color Images

The next version of the toolkit will remove the need to manually set color threshold levels for virtually all images. A new property called ColorProcessingLevel will control the amount of time spent searching a color image and beta testers have reported massive improvements in read rates using default settings.

2. GS1 Databar support.

GS1 Databar barcodes can carry more information than the current UPC/EAN barcode system used in retail, including expiry dates and weights. The Softek barcode Reader SDK will support the full range of GS1 Databar - RSS14, RSS14 Stacked, RSS Truncated, RSS Limited, RSS Expanded and RSS Expanded Stacked. There will also be support for supplementary data stored in micro PDF-417 barcodes.

3. Code-128 barcodes

More improvements to the code-128 module mean higher read rates and accuracy for this important symbology.

The release is due out in January and will be available as a free upgrade to developers who purchased a license in the last 12 months (from the release date) or who have a support and upgrade agreement in place.