A quick look at Amazon Textract

Amazon Textract automatically extracts text and data from scanned documents, and goes beyond simple optical character recognition (OCR) to also identify the contents of fields and information in tables, without templates, configuration, or machine learning experience required.

Automatically extract text and structured data from documents with Amazon Textract | Amazon Web…
Documents are a primary tool for record keeping, communication, collaboration, and transactions across many industries…aws.amazon.com

We just announced a new round of quality improvements (as well as PCI-DSS compliance). Of course, I had to test for myself :)

Happy to answer questions here or on Twitter.

About the Author

Julien Simon is the Chief Evangelist at Arcee AI , specializing in Small Language Models and enterprise AI solutions. Recognized as the #1 AI Evangelist globally by AI Magazine in 2021, he brings over 30 years of technology leadership experience to his role.

With 650+ speaking engagements worldwide and 350+ technical blog posts, Julien is a leading voice in practical AI implementation, cost-effective AI solutions, and the democratization of artificial intelligence. His expertise spans open-source AI, Small Language Models, enterprise AI strategy, and edge computing optimization.

Previously serving as Principal Evangelist at AWS and Chief Evangelist at Hugging Face, Julien has authored books on Amazon SageMaker and contributed to the open-source AI ecosystem. His mission is to make AI accessible, understandable, and controllable for everyone.