Azure Read API
Provides the ability for optical character recognition upon documents
Slug:
azure-read-api
Version: 1.0.0
Infer: Yes
Overview
The Computer Vision Read API is Azure’s latest OCR technology (learn what’s new) that extracts printed text (in several languages), handwritten text (in several languages), digits, and currency symbols from images and multi-page PDF documents. It’s optimized to extract text from text-heavy images and multi-page PDF documents with mixed languages. It supports extracting both printed and handwritten text in the same image or document.Inference Options
The following options can be configured when using this model for inference:| Name | Label | Type | Description | Default | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
store_azure_output | Store Azure Output | boolean | Store the JSON response from Azure in the document as a feature on the root node | False | No |
keep_azure_lines | Retain Azure Line Layout | boolean | Retain the line layout from Azure in the document | True | No |
Model Details
- Provider: Azure Cognitive Services