ScanTools® Plus Link Software Development Kit (SDK)

ScanTools® Plus Link software development kit (SDK) enables your organization to efficiently and seamlessly integrate both OMR (optical mark recognition) and image-based scanning into desktop-based applications you have developed. The ScanTools Plus Link SDK also enables you to incorporate OMR scanning into web-based applications.

This Component Object Model (COM) development tool allows you to generate your own custom scanning applications for the Microsoft® Windows environment. ScanTools Plus Link SDK provides a direct interface to Scantron OMR and image scanners.

Build Scanning into Your Applications

Seamlessly embed scanning directly into your software, including browser-based applications. ScanTools Plus Link SDK runs behind your software, allowing your end users to stay focused on the application and making the OMR data collection fast and easy. ScanTools Plus Link SDK provides a more accurate and efficient method for collecting data from paper documents.

Features

  • Web-based OMR scanning
  • Event-driven asynchronous scanning
  • Auto configuration to match your scanner
  • Built-in scanner diagnostics
  • Insertion of custom error messages
  • Access to the data stream during scanning
  • Linkage of captured images to scanned OMR data
  • Data output in XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format
  • ScanFlex™ optional module to accommodate forms printed locally on plain paper

Sample Programs

The SDK includes sample programs to help you in developing your own application.

  • The QuickStart Desktop sample shows how to find and configure a scanner
  • The Scanning Utility sample demonstrates how to scan forms and collect OMR and image data
  • With the Data File Editor sample you can see how to put together a post-scan correction solution
  • The Quick Start Web sample enables you to put together an Internet Explorer® based JavaScript™ scanning and or correction solution

Benefits for You and Your End Users

When you include ScanTools Plus Link SDK with your custom application software, you will enjoy the ease of implementing an OMR data capture solution, and your end users will get a more efficient and accurate method of data collection - available only by using Scantron software and scanners.

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