Spectware Releases Full Version of Inspection Software
June 26, 2012—Spectware, Colorado Springs, Colo., has released the newest complete upgrade to its mobile cross-platform heavy equipment inspection software application, SpectwarePro 3.0.
“This is the most important product introduction the company has made to date,” noted Jan Horsfall, Spectware’s CEO. “It’s been in development since January 2012, and this upgrade supports a mobile product application, which already represents the most efficient paperless inspection management tool in the crane industry today. Compliance aside, the productivity gains alone from using this system will save a typical company over $10,000 per year for every piece of equipment they have in their system.”
SpectwarePro 3.0, part of Spectware’s broader mobile platform for the inspection of heavy equipment, provides crane inspectors and crane companies full oversight over the crane inspection process, anywhere, anytime from any web-enabled device.
“No more paper. No more confusion. No more dragging tons of heavy books into the cockpit as part of the inspection process,” noted Eric Skinner, president and founder of Spectware. “Now any smart device becomes an easy-to-use crane inspection tool, complete with all OSHA rules and OEM requirements built right into the inspection software.”
Skinner, who originally built the crane-inspection application for his own crane inspection business before entering the Colorado Springs Technology Incubator to commercialize the idea, outlined the latest set of upgrades to the SpectwarePro 3.0 inspection system:
- Off-line capability provides the inspector/operator the ability to work ‘off line’ during a crane inspection if no internet connectivity is in existence on site. All key compliance documents are still available even when no internet connectivity is present and full mobile inspections can take place regardless of connectivity. Available on all Android phones and smart devices utilizing the Android 2.3 Platform and above.
- Live synchronization automatically syncs the device when internet connectivity is reestablished.
- SunSee visual design a contrasting graphic user interface (GUI) design which allows the user to work directly in sunlight and still view the screen of their smart device effectively.
- Barcode scanning users can scan a QR code sticker on the piece of heavy equipment and pull up all machine history instantaneously.
- Camera and photography support for more detailed reports the user can now include actual photographs of problems as they spot them. These online photos, taken with the smart device, can be attached with annotation to the inspection report and then sent in real time to key colleagues so that instances get fixed quickly and more accurately before they become major issues.
- Speech-to-text inputting, which makes no more typing in a list of deficiencies or recommendations. Now the user can simply press one button to record the problem by speaking into the device, with comments then automatically translated into typed text.
- Third-party enabled accounts – allows a crane inspection company to keep track of all of their crane inspection customers online with ease and convenience. Each customer has their own viewing account from which they can track inspection progress and updates.
One customer who is using SpectwarePro 3.0 is Stephen Perry, who runs ENSO Crane Service in Dover, N.H. ENSO is currently leading crane work on the new World Trade Center site in New York City.
“SpectwarePro 3.0 has saved me hours of desk time at the end of the day,” Perry said, “and puts everything together that I need to produce the most comprehensive inspection reports–including meeting all pertinent regulatory standards–in real time. Spectware’s software has allowed me to keep much better track of my inspections and my business.”
