Changelog for the Linux Data Capture Modules

Version 8.1.0 (2 Apr 2026):

• 🎉 New:
  • Image Processing:
    • New ColorDocumentShadowRemoval capable of removing shadows from documents without damaging text, barcodes, or images.
  • Document Data Extractor:
    • Added support for Romanian, Italian, Turkish, and Polish ID cards.
• 🚀 Improvements:
  • OCR Engine:
    • New model with better performance for German diacritics and the ß character.
    • Added support for TR, PO, IT, and RO alphabets.
  • Document Data Extractor:
    • Reduced the likelihood of reading incorrect values for eye color on German ID cards (e.g., GRUN instead of GRÜN).
  • Barcode Scanner:
    • Clean barcodes (QR Code, DataMatrix, and all 1D formats) are detected faster in single-shot mode and can be detected without a quiet zone.
    • Improved recognition of DataMatrix codes under challenging conditions.
    • Significantly improved decoding performance for truncated PDF417 barcodes.
• 🐞 Bug fixes:
  • Barcode Scanner:
    • Reduced the number of false-positive Codabar barcodes when scanning in live mode and the barcode is only partially visible.

Version 8.0.0 (7 Jan 2026):

• Initial release of the Linux Data Capture SDK.
• Designed for headless integrations in server environments, embedded systems, and edge devices.
• Runs fully offline on x86_64 and ARM64 architectures.
• Supports Raspberry Pi and NVIDIA Jetson with optional GPU acceleration.

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