About Still Image

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The Still Image (STI) application programming interface (API) is a standardized interface for acquiring digital still images from devices that are primarily used to capture still images. Examples of devices that can be accessible through the Still Image API are:

• Flatbed scanners. Scanners with an automatic document feeder, transparency adapter, or other options (such as a "start" button).
• Sheet fed scanners. Scanners with paper-inserted detection mechanism.
• Handheld scanners.
• Still-image digital cameras. Cameras with stored images and associated data such as thumbnails and audio.

Currently, support for still-image acquisition devices is provided through individual independent hardware vendor (IHV) solutions. These implementations can vary significantly. The current version of the Still Image API is the first phase of a standardized interface Microsoft is producing that implements support for still-image acquisition devices.

Further information is provided in the following topics:

• Data Acquisition Models
• Advantages of Still Image
• Still Image Availability