What's OCR?

OCR is a way to automate data collection and digitize data management. With OCR, you can easily convert scanned paper documents, PDF files, and digital images into editable and searchable data.

As such, OCR is widely used as a form of data entry from paper-based records (handwritten or printed), such as passports, licenses, invoices, bank statements, receipts, business cards, and so on. In fact, a variety of industries have adopted OCR, including logistics, manufacturing, finance, insurance, healthcare, education, government, law enforcement, and the Internet.

Take logistics as an example. Manual data entry has long been a painstaking process for the industry. With OCR, submitted documents are digitized automatically, including files like consignment notes or waybills, while the need for manual review and editing becomes minimal. For logistics companies, this means higher efficiency at a lower cost.

The healthcare industry also widely uses OCR. Digitalizing medical records is a hefty undertaking, but OCR speeds up this process. It helps create and access medical records, claims, EOBs (explanation of benefits), and more. The result is less manual processing, fewer human errors, and easier access to healthcare information.

HUAWEI CLOUD OCR

An industry-leading OCR product, HUAWEI CLOUD OCR is backed by Huawei's in-depth expertise in deep learning and computer vision. It also draws on the advantages of cloud computing power and fast-iterating algorithms powered by HUAWEI CLOUD. HUAWEI CLOUD OCR supports several languages. It offers the following standard APIs:

·       Web Image OCR

Extracts text from web images.

• Passport OCR

Extracts text from passports, including passport number, country code, passport holder's surname and given name, and date of expiry.

• Thailand ID Card OCR

Recognizes key information on Thailand-issued identity cards, including ID number, given name, surname, and address.

• Myanmar ID Card OCR

Recognizes key information on Myanmar national registration cards, including registration number, name, and address.

• Myanmar Driver License OCR

Extracts text from Myanmar-issued driver's licenses.

• Chile ID Card OCR

Recognizes key information on Chile ID cards, including ID number, given name, and surname.

• Thailand Plate Number OCR

Extracts license plate information from images of Thailand license plates.

More OCR services can be effortlessly customized using pre-built software development kits (SDKs) for different programming languages.

Features

• High accuracy

Adapts deep learning algorithms to specific business scenarios to improve accuracy in character recognition.

• Reliability

Tested and used in a range of complex enterprise scenarios over several years.

• Superior capability

Able to recognize characters and digits in distorted or tilted documents or with complex backgrounds, as well as those in stamped documents or forms with misaligned rows.

• Convenience

Provides standard RESTful APIs, offers high compatibility, and is easy to use.

Comprehensive documentation, such as user guides and API references, and technical support are also available to help you quickly get started with HUAWEI CLOUD OCR.

Case Studies

PTT Digital, a subsidiary of Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT), used HUAWEI CLOUD OCR to identify and sort engineering drawings for their parent company. They achieved an accuracy of over 98%. PTT engineers used to process a large quantity of engineering drawings manually, which was time consuming and error-prone. OCR automated recognition and labeling, delivering a whopping 50% improvement in efficiency.

Ooredoo, an international communications company with a customer base of over 100 million across the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia, used HUAWEI CLOUD OCR to accurately identify handwritten ID card information in Burmese for faster SIM card provisioning. Thanks to this, subscribers could now register in just 30 seconds, instead of 5 minutes.

Deppon Express, a multi-award winning logistics company based in China, used HUAWEI CLOUD OCR to improve their efficiency and service quality while lowering costs. HUAWEI CLOUD OCR can reach an over 99% accuracy in recognizing waybills, despite various challenges, such as noisy background, uneven illumination, blurring, and missing corners.

Try out HUAWEI CLOUD OCR to find out how you can use it to boost productivity for your business.