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BlinkID SDK is a delightful component for quick and easy scanning of ID cards, passports and drivers licenses. The SDK is powered with MicroBlink's industry-proven and world leading OCR and barcode scanning technology,

BlinkID is a part of family of SDKs developed by MicroBlink for optical text recognition, barcode scanning, ID document scanning and many others.

This wiki contains integration documentation, guides and tips on how to successfully use BlinkID SDK inside your app(s).

In your next steps:

1. Read the "Getting Started" guide.

2. Know more about obtaining scanning results in general.

3. Jump directly to using different recognizers:

   • Using MRTD recognizer for scanning Machine readable travel documents like passports, visas and ID cards
   • Using USDL recognizer for scanning and parsing US Driver Licenses
   • Using EUDL recognizer for scanning UK Driving Licenses
   • Using other BlinkID recognizers for scanning other supported documents
   • Using PDF417 recognizer for scanning PDF417 barcodes
   • Using BarDecoder recognizer for Code 39 and Code 128 1D barcodes
   • Using ZXing recognizer for all other 1D and 2D barcode types
   • Using Detector Recognizer for detecting documents based on their edges or for detecting documents with Machine readable zone
   • Using OCR recognizer for generic OCR on images.

4. Know more about customizing Camera UI.

5. Learn about Direct Processing API which you can use to process UIImage objects directly, without using camera management in the SDK.

6. Dive into the comprehensive documentation of all APIs available in PDF417.mobi SDK

7. If you're upgrading from older SDK versions, check out the Transition guide

8. Generate a free demo license key to start using the SDK in your app (registration required)

For additional help, contact us directly at help.microblink.com.