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Softek Software is pleased to have received the following press release from Scout Inc: Scout provides complete Inventory Management solutions to a wide variety of customers around the world. Softek has helped us release an Iphone Application to scan Bar Codes and connect to inventory in our Cloud based services. Please visit our web site …

Version 7.3.1i of the Softek barcode Reader Toolkit for the iPhone has been released to work-around a problem in the AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer class in IOS 4.1. The problem is described on the following post on the forum at the Apple developer center: https://devforums.apple.com/message/291837 and we’ve put some detail regarding the code change in our knowledge base Please contact sales@bardecode.com should you …

Apple’s iTunes store is no longer accepting applications that use the UIGetScreenImage function. This function was used in the sample application distributed with the Softek Barcode Reader Toolkit for the iPhone and any applications developed using this technique will no longer be accepted on the iTunes store. Apple recommends using the AVCaptureSession class to access …

Apple’s iTunes store is no longer accepting applications that use the UIGetScreenImage function. This function was used in the sample application distributed with the Softek Barcode Reader Toolkit for the iPhone and any applications developed using this technique will no longer be accepted on the iTunes store. Apple recommends using the AVCaptureSession class to access …

Version 7.3.1 of the Softek Barcode Reader SDK for Linux has now been released containing 2 important improvements to the toolkit.   Color Images Previous versions of the toolkit used a single threshold value to determine whether a pixel was considered black or white. Although the toolkit tried to calculate this value, it was often …

We are pleased to announce a VIN (vehicle identification number) barcode reader for the iPhone 3GS model. Although a VIN barcode is just a Code 39 barcode, a type which is supported by the existing version of the toolkit, it’s slightly long for reliable reading through the view finder. The narrow bars and spaces tend …

Version 7.3.1 of the Softek Barcode Reader SDK for Windows has now been released containing 2 important improvements to the toolkit.   Color Images Previous versions of the toolkit used a single threshold value to determine whether a pixel was considered black or white. Although the toolkit tried to calculate this value, it was often …

Shape Services GmbH has launched a new price comparison application for iPhones and iPod Touch devices that uses the Softek Barcode Reader engine… Make your shopping smarter. Use Barcode Reader it to compare prices, find more details about the product or save search results for future. Just take a photo of any printed barcode and …

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 …

We’re pleased to announce that the barcode reader SDK will soon be available for the iPhone. We currently have pre-release copies available for interested developers, so please contact sales@softeksoftware.co.uk for further details and a download link.