Serial Xtractor™
The app
Live in betaPoint the camera at the device. The serial is read, checked and written to the ledger before you have put the drive down.
- Per device
- Under 1 second
- Scanning
- Works offline
- Export
- Needs a connection
- Beta runs on
- iOS
What it does
The same workflow as every other deployment, on hardware you already own.
- Reads the serial from the label — barcode or printed text.
- Checks it against your asset list for the job.
- Writes it to an append-only ledger as the scan happens.
- Feeds the certificate and manifest at the end of the run.
Built for the floor, not the desk
Warehouses have poor light, damaged labels and patchy signal. The app is built for that, and a scan does not wait for a connection.
- Scans with no connection. A dead spot does not stop the job.
- Handles worn, scratched and partly obscured labels.
- Nothing to type. The operator confirms rather than transcribes.
A free app, in front of a paid service
The app itself costs nothing. You create an account on the web, choose a plan, then sign in on the app.
That is the same shape as Slack, Notion or Dropbox — a free client, with the service you pay for behind it. Nothing is bought inside the app.
This applies to the app only. The tablet, the fixed mount, the on-shredder unit and the on-belt head are supplied by us and priced per site, with no account and no subscription.
Where the data goes
The app is a connected product, and that is worth knowing before you choose it. Scanning works offline, but there is a cloud service behind the app, and exporting a manifest needs a connection to reach it.
- Sessions, captured images, serials and ledger entries are held in that service.
- We use them to run it, to detect fraud and misuse, and to keep the app working.
- Usage information goes to a third-party analytics service. It is not tied to a person.
- This cannot be switched off in the app today.
If a client's policy will not allow their asset images leaving your site, that is what the secure tablet, the fixed mount and the on-shredder unit are for. They have no connectivity at all.
In beta
The app is in beta with live customers and is being developed against real intake volume rather than a lab.
Our serial extraction model selects the correct serial number on 97.7% of legible drive labels within one character, 87.4% as an exact match, in under a second. Against a supplied asset list, matching is 100%. Nothing goes on a certificate unless it exactly matches your asset list or your operator has checked it.
The same model, whichever deployment you run
The deployment decides where the record gets made. What reads the label is the same model in every one of them, and this is how it performs.
Download
The App Store listing is on its way. The beta runs on iOS today and the Android build is not released yet — get in touch and we will get you set up.
Get started
The app is in beta with live customers and we are taking on more. Tell us about your operation and we will get you running on it.
Other deployments
Every deployment runs the same workflow and produces the same record. How Serial Xtractor works
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