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Release Notes

2.0.0 (03/13/2025)

The MRZ Scanner JavaScript Edition has been redesigned and redeveloped to now include a ready-to-use, fully developed UI to ease the development process while providing even better functionality.

Highlighted Features

  • Automatic detection and parsing of MRZs in passports and IDs
  • Support for the following MRTD formats: TD3 (Passport), TD2 (ID), and TD1 (ID)
  • Ready-to-use UI to simplify the development process
  • Supports an interactive video scenario (capturing via video) as well as static images (jpg/png)
  • Modular, view-based design for easy maintenance and customization

Views

MRZ Scanner JavaScript Edition is organized into configurable UI views. Below is a quick overview of the two main views:

Learn more about these views and how to configure them in the User Guide and the Customization Guide.

MRZ Scanner View

  • Fully configurable camera view
  • Resolution/camera select dropdown to allow for quick improvements
  • Newly developed scan guide frame to enable easy capture of the MRZ document
  • Green highlight overlay over the MRZ area once recognized
  • Flash/Torch support
  • Allows the user to load in an image from the photo library

MRZ Result View

  • Scrollable field view to display the parsed MRZ info
  • Displays the original image of the MRZ document
  • Allows the user to edit almost all of the parsed fields
  • Two buttons to allow the user to re-scan or move on

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