As the original writer of Dynamsoft Barcode Reader for Python ( pip install dbr), I prefer using CPython and Dynamsoft C/C++ Barcode SDK to bring barcode detection APIs to Python. However, Ctypes is also worth to be explored. It allows developers to call C functions of shared libraries in pure Python code. The article goes through the steps of how to invoke Dynamsoft C/C++ Barcode APIs by Python Ctypes.

Attempting to Call C Functions of Dynamsoft Barcode SDK in Pure Python

Assume you have downloaded the C/C++ packages, which contains *.dll and *.so files for Windows and Linux, from Dynamsoft website. We copy the *.dll and *.so …

MRZ stands for machine readable zone. A passport has a machine-readable zone which contains the information about name, nationality, passport number, date of birth, sex, and expiration date of passport. This article introduces how to use Dynamsoft OCR SDK to recognize MRZ and parse the corresponding information.

About Dynamsoft OCR SDK

• Download Dynamsoft C++ OCR dev package, which supports Windows and Linux.
• Get a 30-day FREE Trial License.

Prerequisites

Windows

• OpenCV
• CMake

Linux

sudo apt install libopencv-dev cmake

Passport MRZ Recognition in C++

In the following paragraphs, we firstly use Dynamsoft OCR SDK to localize the machine-readable zone of a passport and recognize the corresponding text string, and then extract…

Since from version 17.1, Chromes OS comes into the supporting list of Dynamic Web TWAIN. The supported desktop operating systems of Dynamic Web TWAIN now include Windows, Linux, macOS, Raspberry Pi OS and Chrome OS. This article helps Chromebook users to install Dynamic Web TWAIN service in Chrome OS. Building web document management applications for Chrome OS has come true.

Experiencing the Free Online Document Management Application in Chrome OS

Let’s open the free online demo of Dynamic Web TWAIN.

As you visit the page for the first time, you will be required to download the *.deb file for Chrome OS.

After clicking the download button, a file named DynamsoftServiceSetup.deb…

If you are looking for a JavaScript barcode scanner SDK, Dynamsoft JavaScript Barcode SDK is no doubt the best. The SDK enables developers to quickly build web barcode scanner applications with a few lines of code. Besides, it authorizes developers to use the SDK for 7 days without extra registration and activation steps. This article gives you a better understanding of Dynamsoft JavaScript Barcode Scanner.

What You Should Know About Dynamsoft JavaScript Barcode SDK

• https://www.dynamsoft.com/barcode-reader/downloads (Include JS libs, API docs and sample code)
• https://www.dynamsoft.com/customer/license/trialLicense/?product=dbr (If you want to try the SDK for more than 7 days)

Documentation

JavaScript Barcode Scanner API

Getting Started with Dynamsoft JavaScript Barcode Scanner

The JavaScript Barcode Scanner is a part of Dynamsoft…

The Flutter barcode SDK series is coming to the end. This week, we switch the coding environment to macOS to finish the rest of the plugin platforms — iOS and MacOS — using Swift.

The Series of Flutter Barcode SDK

• How to Implement Flutter Barcode Scanner for Android
• Flutter Barcode Plugin — Writing C++ Code for Windows Desktop
• Flutter Barcode Plugin for Web: Interop between Dart and JavaScript
• Flutter Barcode Plugin for Linux: from Dart to C++

Download

• flutter_barcode_sdk
• iOS Barcode SDK
• macOS Barcode SDK

30-day FREE Trial

https://www.dynamsoft.com/customer/license/trialLicense/?product=dbr

Flutter Barcode Plugin for iOS

As always, we add the iOS template to the existing plugin project first:

flutter create --template=plugin --platforms=ios .

The command generates…

For the past several weeks, the Flutter plugin of Dynamsoft Barcode Reader has covered Windows, Android and Web. This week, we go through the plugin implementation for Linux. Similar to Windows, we combine Dart and C++ code for Linux. The unexpected thing is the C++ data types of Flutter defined for Linux change a lot. So it still takes a little bit of time to make the plugin work.

What You Should Know About Dynamsoft Barcode Reader

• https://www.dynamsoft.com/barcode-reader/downloads
• https://www.dynamsoft.com/customer/license/trialLicense/?product=dbr

Learning Resources for Flutter Desktop Development

• https://flutter.dev/desktop
• https://github.com/google/flutter-desktop-embedding
• https://github.com/flutter/samples/tree/master/experimental/desktop_photo_search

Step-by-step Flutter Linux Plugin Development

To initialize the plugin template for Linux, we need to switch the coding environment to Linux firstly, and then run the following command to add the…

This week, I made a new attempt, integrating Dynamsoft JavaScript Barcode SDK into the ongoing Flutter barcode plugin project. It is exciting to be capable of building web barcode reader apps with the same decodeFile() method used for mobile and desktop development.

What You Should Know

• https://www.dynamsoft.com/barcode-reader/downloads
• https://www.dynamsoft.com/customer/license/trialLicense/?product=dbr

References

• https://dart.dev/web/js-interop
• https://github.com/grandnexus/firebase-dart
• https://pub.dev/packages/js

Flutter Barcode SDK Plugin for Web Development

The above firebase_web is an excellent example of learning how to bridge Dart and JavaScript APIs. It inspired me a lot for Flutter web plugin implementation.

Initialize the Flutter plugin for web

Let’s add a web platform template to the existing plugin project:

flutter create --template=plugin --platforms=web .

The command only generates a flutter_barcode_sdk_web.dart file under the lib folder…

Last week, I wrote a step-by-step tutorial sharing how to build a Flutter barcode SDK plugin with Dynamsoft Barcode Reader. The platform-specific code of Android is done. This week, I am going to focus on Windows desktop. Since the Flutter desktop plugin development is still on the early stage, there are not too many learning resources available. It will be interesting and challenging to explore the desktop plugin implementation using C++.

What You Should Know

• Download offline SDK
• Get 30-day FREE Trial License

Learning Resources

The following resources are inspiring for Flutter Windows plugin development.

• https://flutter.dev/desktop
• https://github.com/google/flutter-desktop-embedding
• https://github.com/flutter/samples/tree/master/experimental/desktop_photo_search

Integrating C++ Barcode SDK into Flutter Windows Plugin

Let’s peek the windows plugin folder structure:

bin…