LEAD Technologies Announces the Release of LEADTOOLS Version 16

Oct. 24, 2008 - PRLog -- Charlotte, NC  - - LEAD Technologies, Inc, the leading provider of imaging development toolkits, announces the release of LEADTOOLS version 16. This major new version offers significant and valuable new features to the current LEADTOOLS product line.  In addition, LEAD is launching several exciting new products, including a Medical Web Viewer Framework, a JPIP Client/Server toolkit and a Forms Recognition and Processing toolkit.

LEADTOOLS is a collection of SDKs (software development toolkits) designed to enable programmers to quickly and easily integrate digital imaging technology into applications. This newest version of LEADTOOLS includes several breakthrough enhancements and new products specifically developed for the Medical Imaging and Document Imaging vertical markets.  

Key New Features/Products for the LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging product group:

                   •Enhanced Medical Viewer control for rapid development of medical image
                    viewing applications.
                   •Medical Web Viewer Framework (with WCF – Windows Communication
                    Foundation) for the development of web based teleradiology applications.
                   •Updated DICOM support to include all IODs in the 2008 DICOM specification.
                   •Support for PDF, bitonal image data and raw data encapsulation in DICOM.
                   •New Medical Multimedia module that includes DirectShow filters for reading
                    and writing DICOM files.
                   •JPIP Client and Server Tools for viewing high resolution images with minimal
                     network bandwidth requirements.

More information on the new features of the Medical Imaging portion of this release: http://www.leadtools.com/home2/press/v16press-medical.htm.

Key New Features/Products for the LEADTOOLS Document Imaging product group:

                    •Forms Recognition and Processing SDK for classifying, processing and
                     extracting data from scanned handwritten and machine printed forms.
                    •OCR (Optical Character Recognition) enhancements for the rapid
                     development of document imaging applications with high-level OCR
                     functionality.
                    •Multi-threaded OCR SDK that supports both 32 and 64 bit development.
                    •Allows choice of multiple OCR, ICR, OMR and MICR engines.
                    •OCR output can be saved as multiple document formats including DOC, PDF
                     and PDF/A.
                    •Updated Barcode Modules with all 2D symbols included in a single product.
                    •Annotation support for WPF to mark up images in XAML based applications.

More information on the new features of the Document Imaging portion of this release: http://www.leadtools.com/home2/press/v16press-ocr.htm

Key New Features for LEADTOOLS Imaging product group:

                    •WPF Viewers to add advanced imaging functionality to any WPF XAML based
                     application.
                    •WPF Transition effects.
                    •64 bit scanning built on WIA technology.
                    •GIF Animation in .NET.
                    •Added new and enhanced existing image formats.
                    •Introduction of an entry level imaging SDK that includes ActiveX and WPF
                     controls.

LEAD’s most comprehensive release in several years, Version 16 is the culmination of more than 18 years of R&D, design and coding. Jordan Shields, Vice President stated, “LEADTOOLS v16 is our most significant release in more than 10 years and will strengthen LEAD’s position as the global leader in imaging development SDKs.”

Pricing and Availability
LEADTOOLS Version 16 is available for order now with pricing starting at $495 for a developer license. For more information about the products, please visit http://www.leadtools.com or contact a LEAD sales representative at 704-332-5532.

About LEADTOOLS
LEADTOOLS is a family of award-winning imaging developer toolkits for integrating raster, vector, document, medical and multimedia imaging technology into applications. LEADTOOLS toolkits are used by nearly every Fortune 500 company, including Microsoft, HP, Kodak, GE, Canon and Sony.  These customers, and tens of thousands of others, leverage the time-tested and robust LEADTOOLS libraries in their internal and commercial software applications.  By using LEADTOOLS, developers are able to significantly reduce time-to-market for their applications, thereby maximizing productivity and ensuring the greatest possible return on investment.

About LEAD Technologies
LEAD Technologies, Inc., is a privately-held company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is a leading provider of imaging technology for software developers and end users. Since inception, in 1990, LEAD has been a pioneer in the field of digital imaging and compression technology offering best of breed standards-based technology, as well as superior proprietary alternatives. Every day, LEAD’s innovative technology is used on tens of millions of computers throughout the world.

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