Release 5.18.0

5.18.0

New feature:

• Updated machine learning models resulting in a 41% reduced error rate.

Support for 16 new document types:

Northern America

• USA - Passport Card
• Usa - District of Columbia - ID Card
• USA - Iowa - ID Card
• USA - Tennessee - ID Card

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Cuba - Paper Passport
• Dominican Republic - Paper Passport
• Panama - Residence Permit (front onyl)
• Peru - Paper Passport

Europe

• Cyprus - Paper Passport
• Germany - Minors Passport
• UK - Proof of Age Card (front onyl)
• Ukraine - Residence Permit
• Ukraine - Temporrary Residence Permit

Middle East and Africa

• Qatar - Paper Passport
• UAE - Paper Passport

Oceania

• Australia - Northern Territory - Proof of Age Card

Back side support added:

• Austria - ID Card
• Australia - South Australia - Driving license
• Australia - Tasmania - Driving license
• Canada - Quebec - Driving license
• Mexico - Quintana Roo Solidaridad - Driving license
• USA - Washington - Driving license

Added support for 26 new versions of already supported documents:

• Afghanistan - ID Card
• Bahrain - ID Card
• Hungary - Residence Permit
• India - ID Card
• Mexico - Tabasco - Driving license
• New Zealand - Driving license (front only)
• The Philippines - Professional ID (front only)
• Slovakia - Residence Permit
• South Africa - ID Card
• Switzerland - Residence Permit
• UK - Driving license
• USA - Colorado - Driving license
• USA - Idaho - Driving license
• USA - Kansas - ID Card
• USA - Kentucky - Driving license
• USA - Maine - Driving license
• USA - Massachusetts - ID Card
• USA - Nebraska - Driving license
• USA - New Hampshire - Driving license
• USA - New Jersey - ID Card
• USA - New Mexico - ID Card
• USA - North Carolina - ID Card
• USA - Utah - Driving license
• USA - Vermont Driving license
• USA - West Virginia - Driving license

These documents are no longer BETA:

• Algeria - Paper Passport
• Slovakia - Residence Permit
• USA - Mississippi - ID Card

Added support for 8 new ID types in BETA:

• Iceland - Paper Passport
• South Africa - ID Card (front only)
• Brazil - Consular Passport (beta)
• Quintana Roo Cozumel - Driving license
• Canada - Social Security Card (front only)
• Canada - British Columbia - Minor Public Services Card
• USA - Maine - ID Card
• USA - North Dakota - ID Card

Changes to BlinkID(Combined) Recognizer

• Added new enums:
  • Region: QUINTANA_ROO_COZUMEL
  • Type: CONSULAR_PASSPORT, MINORS_PASSPORT, and MINORS_PUBLIC_SERVICES_CARD

Platform-related SDK changes

• We've added a support for two different WebAssembly build versions.
  • Standard and default build that has all the optimisations, but has considerably larger file size compared to lightweight version.
  • Lighter version of the WebAssembly bundle that doesn’t have all optimizations for reading of dense barcodes with low quality cameras.