LEAD Technologies Announces the Release of LEADTOOLS Version 16

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(Business Wire)--
LEAD Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of imaging
development toolkits, today announced the release of LEADTOOLS version
16. This major new version offers significant and valuable new
features to the current LEADTOOLS product line. In addition, LEAD is
launching several exciting new products, including a Medical Web
Viewer Framework, a JPIP Client/Server toolkit and a Forms Recognition
and Processing toolkit.

LEADTOOLS is a collection of SDKs (software development toolkits)
designed to enable programmers to quickly and easily integrate digital
imaging technology into applications. This newest version of LEADTOOLS
includes several breakthrough enhancements and new products
specifically developed for the Medical Imaging and Document Imaging
vertical markets.

Key New Features/Products for the LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging
product group:

-- Enhanced Medical Viewer control for rapid development of
medical image viewing applications.

-- Medical Web Viewer Framework (with WCF - Windows Communication
Foundation) for the development of web based teleradiology
applications.

-- Updated DICOM support to include all IODs in the 2008 DICOM
specification.

-- Support for PDF, bitonal image data and raw data encapsulation
in DICOM.

-- New Medical Multimedia module that includes DirectShow filters
for reading and writing DICOM files.

-- JPIP Client and Server Tools for viewing high resolution
images with minimal network bandwidth requirements.

More information on the new features of the Medical Imaging
portion of this release:
http://www.leadtools.com/home2/press/v16press-medical.htm.

Key New Features/Products for the LEADTOOLS Document Imaging
product group:

-- Forms Recognition and Processing SDK for classifying,
processing and extracting data from scanned handwritten and
machine printed forms.

-- OCR (Optical Character Recognition) enhancements for the rapid
development of document imaging applications with high-level
OCR functionality.

-- Multi-threaded OCR SDK that supports both 32 and 64 bit
development.

-- Allows choice of multiple OCR, ICR, OMR and MICR engines.

-- OCR output can be saved as multiple document formats including
DOC, PDF and PDF/A.

-- Updated Barcode Modules with all 2D symbols included in a
single product.

-- Annotation support for WPF to mark up images in XAML based
applications.

More information on the new features of the Document Imaging
portion of this release:
http://www.leadtools.com/home2/press/v16press-ocr.htm.

Key New Features for LEADTOOLS Imaging product group:

-- WPF Viewers to add advanced imaging functionality to any WPF
XAML based application.

-- WPF Transition effects.

-- 64 bit scanning built on WIA technology.

-- GIF Animation in .NET.

-- Added new and enhanced existing image formats.

-- Introduction of an entry level imaging SDK that includes
ActiveX and WPF controls.

LEAD's most comprehensive release in several years, Version 16 is
the culmination of more than 18 years of R&D, design and coding.
Jordan Shields, Vice President stated, "LEADTOOLS v16 is our most
significant release in more than 10 years and will strengthen LEAD's
position as the global leader in imaging development SDKs."

Pricing and Availability

LEADTOOLS Version 16 is available for order now with pricing
starting at $495 for a developer license. For more information about
the products, please visit www.leadtools.com or contact a LEAD sales
representative at 704-332-5532.

About LEADTOOLS

LEADTOOLS is a family of award-winning imaging developer toolkits
for integrating raster, vector, document, medical and multimedia
imaging technology into applications. LEADTOOLS toolkits are used by
nearly every Fortune 500 company, including Microsoft, HP, Kodak, GE,
Canon and Sony. These customers, and tens of thousands of others,
leverage the time-tested and robust LEADTOOLS libraries in their
internal and commercial software applications. By using LEADTOOLS,
developers are able to significantly reduce time-to-market for their
applications, thereby maximizing productivity and ensuring the
greatest possible return on investment.

About LEAD Technologies

LEAD Technologies, Inc., is a privately-held company based in
Charlotte, North Carolina, and is a leading provider of imaging
technology for software developers and end users. Since inception, in
1990, LEAD has been a pioneer in the field of digital imaging and
compression technology offering best of breed standards-based
technology, as well as superior proprietary alternatives. Every day,
LEAD's innovative technology is used on tens of millions of computers
throughout the world.

LEAD (R) and LEADTOOLS (R) are registered trademarks of LEAD
Technologies, Inc. Other company and product names used herein may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

LEAD Technologies, Inc.
Ashley Sparks, 704-227-2625

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