Much more than just a Signature Capturing Device
Ralph Maute, Product Manager Electronic Signatures: "Our customers plan to use the SignPad Color as a powerful communication tool. There are several reasons why they are willing to pay more for an electronic signature pad with a color LC display than for one with black and white if it comes with the durability SignPads based on Wacom-technology are known for. They like the idea of seeing their brand identity reflected in the same color on screen - whether it is just the logo or the design of screen advertisements. Hence it's a pad that is embraced by the IT and the marketing department of customers."
The very sharp color display with WVGA resolution supports the gradual move from paper-based processes to an electronic workflow as it allows to display electronic forms which look very similar to forms that users got used for a long time on paper - whether it is a receipt in a shop, a form for cash withdrawal, a contract for telecommunication or to hire a vehicle.
SignPads are developed based on Softpro's Know-How
Alain Sarraf, Chief Technology Officer: "We are confident that the SignPad Color will change the way our customers think about signing applications and will set a new benchmark. This is a very exciting device that is the first truly reliable and technologically advanced color signature pad on the market. A few years ago we worked closely with our partner Wacom to develop the hugely successful first generation SignPad eSignio (also known as Wacom STU-500). From the start, we put tremendous value on ensuring that both our SignDoc and SignWare software was tuned to function optimally and take advantage of the device's advanced capabilities beyond the basic SDK. We have continued that tradition with this next generation device and are looking forward to providing outstanding value in our software and hardware offerings. "
Today the SignPad eSignio is a pad which is a frequent sight in financial institutions, at the POS of telecommunication companies, furniture retailers or fashion stores. It even is the preferred choice for capturing signatures for ID cards. Sarraf continues: "Wacom has proven with its first two electronic signature pads that they are able to provide the market with products that supersede the initial expectations and the SignPad Color will exactly do this again."
According to the opinion of leading forensic experts partnering with Softpro Wacom's Pebabled technology offers by far the highest quality for signature capturing. Due to its electromagnetic digitizer, the signer's hand can comfortably rest on the tablet surface without affecting the signature quality thus significantly improving the ergonomics of the signing process compared to other solutions. SignPads offer a very reliable, calibrated and evenly spread capturing of pressure levels without interpolation.
Softpro's E-Signing Products allow to make the most of SignPads
Softpro's software is designed to make full use of the capabilities of the SignPad Color (Wacom STU-520) as with the SignPad eSignio (Wacom STU-500) and SignPad Compact (Wacom STU-300).
For all those seeking a solution to sign electronic documents SignDoc is the preferred choice. For those seeking to integrate the capability of capturing and verifying digitized handwritten signatures only Softpro's Development Kit (SDK) SignWare contains several features which make SignWare superior to the basic SDK provided by Wacom.
- The quality of captured signature data using SignWare is according to the requirements of forensic experts and signature objects can be converted to the ISO interchange format for signature sign time series data (ISO/IEC 19794-7).
- For an even more realistic display of signatures SignWare contains an optimized rendering. Hence they like they were written on paper.
- Signatures can be verified automatically whether straight after the signing procedure or at a later point of time if the authenticity of the signature is in doubt - For every signer a unique reference data set may be created in SignWare. The recorded time signals (t) contain characteristics of the static image of the signature (location x and y) together with invisible dynamic (biometric) signals - pressure levels (z) and velocity (v).
- Last, but not least: The user navigation on screen is easily set up by positioning buttons like "agree" or "cancel" in appropriate colors or other options for interaction.
Promising Feedback
Peter Reschke, Head of Sales: "The initial feedback we have received about the announcement of a color signature tablet leveraging Wacom Penabled-technology is overwhelming. It seems as if this is exactly the type of high quality pen pad the market was waiting for. Of course, we had several customers in the past that were choosing Wacom's larger interactive pen displays which also offer a color display in sizes from 12 to 21.6". They display a document in full and allow to sign on the display, similar to working with a digitizer on a Tablet PC. However these devices with displays have their market in flagship stores of retailers and some financial institutions for example. The SignPad Color is likely to be the device which is almost everyone's favorite as it is small enough to fit in a wide array of environment and allows mobile usage too."
Softpro will present the SignPad Color at a range of events throughout the world in the next weeks and months at various conferences and trade shows. In addition to this Softpro's Consultants for Electronic Signature Workflows offer the option to schedule on-site visits allowing hands-on experience.
Broadest Range of Devices for Signature Capture
Softpro is supporting by far the broadest range of different types of devices for collecting signatures - from a basic signature capturing with the Mini Signature Tablet to highly sophisticated Tablet PCs like Intel's Mobile Clinical Assistants (MCA) which are available from manufacturers like Motion Computing. Like the new SignPad Color all these devices leverage Wacom's Penabled-technology.
