Anyline

How the scanning works on a phone

Optical character recognition software from Anyline lets a smartphone camera read text and codes in real time. The company's patented technology has been in development since 2013. The company says its software uses a neural network, which means a phone can capture characters even when it is offline. A passport, ID card or driving license can be digitized in moments, and the data can then be checked against the information held in the customer's own back-end system. According to the company, the software makes fewer mistakes than manual entry and works about twenty times faster than a person typing the details.

Where the software is used

The company's software is designed for a range of tasks: reading utility meters for electricity, gas and water; scanning license plates; capturing the machine-readable zone of travel documents; reading serial numbers, promotional codes and similar strings; and digitizing other documents. The website also says the product reads tire details, vehicle identification numbers and barcodes, and that it suits automotive retail, logistics, enforcement and energy businesses. Anyline offers SDKs and APIs so that developers can build the capture into their own apps and systems.

Customers across utilities and government

Anyline says it has supported customers with digitization in utilities, government, maintenance, transport, automotive and tourism. It describes its customer base as more than 200 enterprises around the world, including large corporations, and it says each customer can draw on specialists in its own industry. The company says its platform runs on the phones employees already own, needs no lengthy training, and is designed to reduce development and maintenance costs for the businesses that use it.