Reading

With these tools, you can read characters or codes:

Common Use Cases

Use this overview to find the right tool for reading text, numbers and data codes.

Task	Tool	Usage
Read Aztec code.	Read Aztec Code	Detect and read one or more codes of the type Aztec in an image.
Read bar code.	Read Bar Code	Detect and read one or more bar codes of different types in an image.
Read Data Matrix ECC 200 code.	Read Data Matrix ECC 200	Detect and read one or more codes of the type data matrix ECC 200 in an image.
Read PDF417 code.	Read PDF417	Detect and read one or more codes of the type PDF417 in an image.
Read QR code or Micro QR code.	Read QR Code	Detect and read one or more codes of the type QR or Micro QR in an image.
Read text and numbers in horizontal orientation with a predefined font type.	Read Text and Numbers	Read text and numbers in an image using easyTouch. This tool requires a pre-trained font and at least two characters in a line. You can also use a custom font file (.omc files). Use this tool for texts that can be read from left to right and for images in which the position of the text to be read is already known.
Read text and numbers regardless of the character's position, orientation, or font type.	Read Text and Numbers with Deep Learning	You can use this tool in two different modes. In the default mode, the tool first locates text and numbers in the image and then reads the located text. The position and orientation of the text is detected automatically. The font type may also be arbitrary. In the second mode, only the reading step is performed. Therefore, this mode provides better performance. In this mode, the font type may also be arbitrary. However, you have to specify the area in which words are expected manually by drawing an ROI over each word to be read. The orientation of the specified ROI defines the orientation in which the word will be read.