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Software Decode

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Save Space, Cost, and Power Usage

The Zebra barcode decoders allow you to easily and cost-effectively empower your mobile devices and mobile phones with world-class barcode scanning — no dedicated decode hardware required. Your customers get the barcode scanning they need to streamline everyday business processes, while you can drive cost, size and weight out of your products to improve margins and profitability.

Software Decode Library
Software Decode Library

Software Decode Library (SDL) makes it easy to empower your most space-constrained mobile computers, tablets and other devices with high-performance barcode scanning.

Single Point of Contact
Software Decode for Cameras
Software Decode for Cameras

SDC brings the same industry-leading algorithms used in Zebra hardware decoders to any off-the-shelf megapixel camera, providing your customers with the first-time every-time easy barcode scanning in non-scan intensive applications.

Support You Can Count On

Software Decode Library (SDL)

Support You Can Count On

When you choose the Zebra SDL, you get the support you need. Complete documentation thoroughly covers engine hardware and SDL, providing a strong knowledge base for development engineers. And Zebra's engineering resources are available and ready to support your development and integration questions and support needs.

Provides a Single Point of Contact

Now you can utilise Zebra's scan engines to add enterprise-class 1D/2D barcode scanning to your devices. Software Decode Library (SDL) makes it easy to empower your most space-constrained mobile computers, tablets and other devices with high-performance barcode scanning.

Host Device Software
Host Device Software

Zebra's flexible SDL API allows for simple scanning control, making any application on your device scanning-enabled. With the software-only solution, you have the flexibility to easily update drivers to meet your evolving product designs.

Save on Cost
Save on Cost

Less hardware to purchase means better product margins. Since decoding no longer requires any hardware, you can preserve power for other operations and extend operating cycle times on a single battery charge.

Improve Product Designs
Improve Product Designs

Since SDL connects the Zebra 2D imaging engine directly to your host device central processing unit (CPU), the need for decode hardware is eliminated. SDL provides the same industry-leading algorithms used in Zebra hardware decoders.

Software Decode Library (SDL)
Software Decode Library (SDL)