Textract

Question 1

Which AWS machine-learning service is designed to automatically extract printed text, handwriting, and structured data from scanned documents and images?

Answer 1

Amazon Textract

Question 2

What features does Amazon Textract provide?

Answer 2

• Text detection and extraction
• Document analysis (names, addresses, dates)
• Receipt analysis (prices, vendors, dates, line items)
• Identity document analysis (abstract fields)

Question 3

Which input formats does Amazon Textract accept?

Answer 3

JPEG, PNG, PDF, and TIFF

Question 4

What output does Amazon Textract provide after a successful operation?

Answer 4

Structured extraction results that include the raw text, parsed key–value pairs and tables, semantic labels, confidence scores, and positional information

Question 5

Can Amazon Textract process documents asynchronously?

Answer 5

Textract supports:
- synchronous (real-time) operations for smaller documents
- asynchronous (batch) jobs for large or multi-page documents