MICR SDK: Read & OCR Checks

The GdPicture.NET MICR SDK allows decoding “CMC7” and “E-13B” characters from documents with outstanding speed and accuracy.

It can also detect and decode the MICR line from any structured document such as checks by analyzing the full page layout.

MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition and is a standard encoding technology in Banking industry used mainly for checks.

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MICR SDK Extension for GdPicture.NET to read checks, E-13B and CMC7 Fonts

Main Features of the MICR SDK

Supports CMC-7 and E-13B fonts.
Accurate on poor quality and poorly contrasted images.
Recognition accuracy reaches 99.9% on 300 DPI images.
Multi-threaded processing speed reaches 30 checks per second on Intel Core i7 based computer.
Works on any bit-depth bitmap (color, grayscale and monochrome).
Automatically repairs altered symbols.
Symbols size tolerant.
Able to detect check code lines by full-page layout analysis.
Automatic detection of MICR fonts (no need to set Region of Interest on the document).
Returns recognized characters with confidence level and an alternate set of recognized characters at next-lower level of confidence.
Allows choosing white-lists of symbols.
Allows optional setting of the expected number of symbols.
Low memory usage and fast decoding.
AnyCPU: available in 32-bit & 64-bit versions.
Can work in multi-thread applications.

How to Use the MICR SDK

Download and install GdPicture.NET package from here.

You will be able to find some compiled demo applications in
[Install directory]\Samples\Bin\

You will be able to find C# and VB.NET demo applications including source code in
[Install directory]\Samples\WinForm\

You will find other code snippets within the online reference guide found here

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FAQs

The GdPicture.NET MICR SDK supports both CMC-7 and E-13B fonts, which are standard in the banking industry for encoding information on checks and other financial documents.

The GdPicture.NET MICR SDK is designed to accurately recognize MICR characters even on poor-quality or poorly contrasted images. It includes features like automatic de-skewing and rotation correction to handle misaligned or skewed scanned documents, ensuring high recognition accuracy.

The SDK offers multi-threaded processing capabilities, achieving speeds of up to 30 checks per second on an Intel Core i7-based computer. This high-performance processing is suitable for applications requiring rapid and efficient MICR data extraction

Yes, the GdPicture.NET MICR SDK can automatically detect and decode the MICR line from any structured document, such as checks, by analyzing the full-page layout. This eliminates the need for manually specifying the region of interest, streamlining the processing workflow.

The SDK is optimized for low memory usage and supports multi-threaded applications, making it efficient and scalable for high-volume processing environments.