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Open Source Iris Scanning Library in Java

Hello everyone, I am looking for suggestions about open source Iris Scanning libraries in Java. Has anyone used before which can built an unique profile for each scan & be able to authenticate too. Thank you. ...

Which is the best .NET image capture API for me to use?

I have been tasked with integrating image acquisition into a .NET application and I have been looking for an API to use for performing this function. I have come across several "standard" APIs, some have been in existence for a long time, some not so long. I have looked at references to ISIS, TWAIN, WIA, and SANE (said to be mostly *ni...

Form Scanning into SQL

I have been looking for a solution to scan (and OCR) a paper survey type form into a SQL Server database. I have looked at TeleForm and ReadSoft which are very high end and expensive solutions. I have tried to research other solutions but have come up dry. Is anyone doing this with a light-weight package? Note: I am not looking for a pl...

Adobe acrobat 8 command line switches to recognize ocr text

I want to use command line, to execute licensed adobe acrobat 8 to recognize OCR text a already scanned pdf document and make it fully searchable pdf? Do you know what is the command line switch, parameter? Thanks in advance! ...

Best way to pan & scan images with jquery

Hello, I am trying to make an image pan & scan system. I have a slider that zooms the image (that can be dragged) and also a small map in the corner of the image (that can also be dragged). You can see a rough example here (sorry, I am not allowed to use the design, so it's not formatted): http://lighe.madetokill.com/test/test.html My ...

End of Page Detection using TWAIN

I am coding a scanning application and I need to have end of page detection so I don't scan past where the document ends, does anyone what settings to use to turn this feature on for TWAIN drivers? code samples in vb.net or C# would be great :) ...

Scanning a mysql table from the bottom

When i run a mysql select statement, it takes very long because i have already previously deleted a very large number of rows. Is there a way for the table to start scanning from the bottom, as opposed to from the top? ...

In a Windows Form application, how can I simply scan an image using a plugged in Scanner?

User puts a piece of paper on the scanner. User presses a button on my application. Scanner works its magic and my windows form application gets the image and puts it in a pictureBox. What would be the path of least resistance if I wanted to make something like this? I don't need the user to configure colors and settings, etc. Just si...

suggest database for storing metadata regarding 200 million images (1 million books) (NoSQL? SQL?)

Friends, We will be undertaking a knowledge preservation project for scanning more than 1 million books. We need some suggestions on implementing database for storing and retrieving metadata as well as use it for tracking the scanning status of each object (book) Can you guys suggest should we go for SQL or NoSQL (The metadata could ...

how to scan vor available bluetooth devices in range in android?

hi there! i need to get a list of available bluetooth devices in the area using google android 2.1 thing is, i don't just need a list of those devices, i need some unique id for each device found and i need an indicator, how "good" the signal is received (like the "level" in android.wifi.ScanResult)... how do i do that? ...

Scanning in .NET using MODI (Microsoft Office Document Imaging)

I'm looking to leverage MS Office scanning functionality in my .NET application. Although I know that MODI COM objects can be accessed in .NET, I'm not sure how to make that. All I need is scanning to file and getting path of that file. I don't need any OCR. ...

Do Android devices scan *actively* for WiFi networks?

hi there! i am programming for google android and i wonder if the scans for wireless 802.11 networks are done passively or actively? i mean: does the device actually emit a beacon request signal on WifiManager.startScan() or does it just listen for beacons sent periodically by the access points? ...

Scanning - hw custom document size

Hi all, I need to perform a scanning of areas which do not meet standard sizes of A3, A4 etc. Those scans have to be loaded and post processed by custom application. The rough idea of my colleague was to disassemble standard scanner and attach optics + electronic (somehow) to a custom device which will navigate it (continuously) through...

Is there a cocoa framework for image scanning?

What options do I have for an image scanning framework on Mac OS X? I'm not looking for an OCR library. Just something that will do the actual scanning and importing to PDF or comparable format. ...

Scanning for a Human Interface Device (HID) using C#

I am developing a C# .NET 2.0 application wherein I need to scan for an attached HID. How can this be done? Because it is a HID, Windows does not assign a COM port to it. I only need to programmatically determine if the device is attached. Thank you. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION When I connect the USB device to my computer two entries ap...

How to disable task scanning for PHP edition of Netbeans 6.9

Task scanning on very large projects seems to bog down the IDE. I love this editor and it's ability to parse large complex projects such as Magento, but performance can get iffy. According to this answer, it used to be possible to disable the plugin, but it seems that version 6.9 of Netbeans has made that impossible. Any ideas on how...

Scanned Image to Readable Text

I am wondering is there a way to get scanned image with text to be converted to readable text by writing code for it? Is that possible? ...

C# Document Scanning

I have a document storage application that I need to integrate with a scanner software or create one on my own. I have very limited funding so buying an expensive alternative isn't really an option. I thought about just linking to the customer's scanning software's executable and opening it when they want to scan but that just seems lik...

TWAIN blocks when user cancels

I'm using a slightly modified version of Twain Dot Net in my scanning application. The problem is, when the user cancels scanning using a button on the scanner (or if paper jams), TWAIN should show an error message and return with some failure code. But instead, what happens is that the call to DG_IMAGE / DAT_IMAGENATIVEXFER / MSG_GET r...