ExactScan TWAIN Bridge scanning

ExactScan is a unique TWAIN Bridge to enable third party applications to utilize ExactScan’s built-in drivers and image processing.

The next version of ExactScan 2 2.10 features a new, unique TWAIN Bridge to enable third party applications to utilize ExactScan’s built-in drivers and image processing.

ExactScan TWAIN Bridge scanning ExactScan is popular for being a modern and easy to use Mac OS X scan software with built-in drivers for over 200 document scanners, including devices from Avision, Kodak, Oki, Visioneer and Xerox. The drivers built into ExactScan allow to use these PC document scanners on a Mac. The software allows to scan with a fingertip, comfortable directly with a press of a button from the scanner hardware as well as offering an intuitive user interface. ExactCODE continues to provide automated and intelligent document scanning for the Macintosh.

ExactScan adds automatic color detection, automatic source selection and more OCR languages

Abroad or in a workgroup: ExactScan’s built-in scanner drivers cover the whole range, from Visioneer’s portable RoadWarrior to dependable workgroup scanners from Xerox, Visioneer, Kodak, and Avision. ExactScan is the universal Mac solutions everywhere. It allow for easy scanning of business cards, bills and receipts and ExactScan Pro’s built-in OCR can directly save them as searchable PDFs.

What is new in ExactScan Pro 2.10?

  • TWAIN bridge to access the built-in drivers from third-party TWAIN applications
  • automatic color detection
  • new OCR languages: Polish, Russian, Turkish
  • many other improvements

With the built-in OCR ExactScan Pro allows to recognize the text in images and transform scans to editable and searchable documents. More accurate and faster than before. Together with the Mac OS X Spotlight desktop indexing system ExactScan Pro allows to quickly find and retrieve archived documents.

ExactScan Pro’s Barcode recognition brings even more professional AutoID features to the Mac. During the scan process it can automatically recognize common barcodes and embed their content into the document or use it for the filing destination.

All versions of ExactScan include advanced image processing algorithms, for example the intelligent black/white thresholding and blank page detection can help to decrease storage space required for the archive, while the auto-corp and de-skew can recognize the page and skew for a perfect image representations of the original page.

ExactScan include various other facilities to help organizing the office workflow: It can scan directly to any attached printer and comes with the smart profile preset, such as: Scan 2 PDF, Scan 2 Print (Copy), Scan 2 Email – the user can start right away.

Via the new and unique TWAIN Bridge ExactScan allows to use the scanners, supported by the built-in drivers from third party TWAIN applications, such as Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Office just like classic TWAIN drivers from the original manufacture. This way ExactScan is a full driver substitute for PC scanners otherwise missing a Mac driver.

Due to the TWAIN compatibility, ExactScan supports even more scanners – enabling more users to take advantage of the advanced ExactScan features on top of the basic vendor drivers.

The support of AppleScript allows professionals to create dedicated solutions for specific, even difficult workflows and to scan directly into a database.

ExactScan comes with support for many languages (English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Simplified-Chinese, Traditional-Chinese) and works with Apple Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5 as well as with the ‘Snow Leopard’ version 10.6.

ExactCODE ExactScan 2.10

ExactCODE is a research and development company located in Berlin, Germany. The founders have broad experience in software development and design with a scientific background. With skills in system and application software development and hardware design, ExactCODE creates individual and award winning products combining existing software modules with new solutions developed dedicated for the individual purpose. Registered trademarks are property of their respective owners and are used for reference only.