What is Amazon Textract?
Amazon Textract is a service that automatically extracts text, handwriting, tables, and other data from scanned documents that goes beyond simple optical character recognition. Textract can understand the contents of documents and accurately extract text, handwriting, tables, and data from virtually any document without manual effort.
Some key features and capabilities of Amazon Textract include:
- Accurately extracts text, handwriting, tables, and data from scanned documents in a variety of formats like PDFs, images, and more
- Works for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured documents across over 60 languages
- Identifies and extracts data from forms and tables, even if they have unusual layouts or orientations
- Allows you to analyze documents without manually transcribing them
- Integrates easily with other AWS services like Textract, Rekognition, and Comprehend for further data processing
- Provides API access for integrating Textract into your own applications
- Serverless scale and pricing - pay only for what you use with no upfront costs
Use cases for Textract include automating document data entry and processing, analyzing scanned documents for compliance or records purposes, extracting information from forms, and more. Its advanced machine learning capabilities make it easy to unlock data from documents without costly manual data entry.