đ OCR¶
Overview¶
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) services in AIForged leverage state-of-the-art AI engines from leading providers to extract text from images, PDFs, and scanned documents. These services are the foundation for digitizing paper-based workflows, enabling powerful text search, analysis, and automation across your business documents.
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AIForged OCR engines support a variety of languages, image formats, and advanced features such as handwriting recognition, layout analysis, and text normalization.
Below is an overview of the latest and most capable OCR services available in AIForged.
| Service Name | Best Suited For | Quick Link |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon OCR | Plain text extraction from images and PDFs for downstream processing (search, regex, analytics) | amazon-ocr.md |
| Google OCR | Reliable plain text extraction across many languages for downstream processing | google-ocr.md |
| Microsoft OCR | Wide language support for plain text extraction; suitable for search, analytics, and rules | microsoft-ocr.md |
| Tesseract OCR | Fast, cost-effective plain text extraction for scans and images | teseract-ocr.md |
| Google Handwriting | Handwritten text extraction from images and PDFs (Area/Paragraph/Words structure) | google-handwriting.md |
| Microsoft Handwriting | Handwritten text extraction with per-line and per-word granularity | microsoft-handwriting.md |
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Not sure which OCR engine to use? Start with Amazon or Microsoft OCR for general text extraction, or choose a handwriting-specific service for forms and notes. You can also combine multiple engines for best results.
Typical Use Cases¶
- Digitizing and indexing scanned documents for search and retrieval
- Converting images or PDFs to text for data mining or compliance workflows
- Extracting text from forms, invoices, receipts, contracts, and historical records
- Enabling downstream AI services (classification, extraction, verification) with accurate text data
- Recognizing handwriting from forms, notes, and annotations for downstream processing
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Need help selecting or configuring an OCR engine? Contact the AIForged team for expert guidance on best-fit solutions and advanced use cases.