Amazon Textract: A Developer’s Guide to Document Intelligence

Ever stared at a scanned document knowing all the data you need is right there—but completely trapped? Traditional OCR reads words. Textract understands meaning. Here’s how to liberate your documents.

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    Core Features
      Forms Detection
      Table Recognition
      Layout Analysis
      Natural Language Queries
    Document Types
      Invoices
      Receipts
      IDs & Licenses
      Contracts
      Medical Forms
    Processing Modes
      Synchronous
      Asynchronous
      Batch Processing
    Integration
      boto3 SDK
      TRP Library
      S3 Integration
      SNS Notifications

The Document Intelligence Revolution

You know that sinking feeling. Staring at a scanned invoice, knowing every piece of data you need is technically there—but it might as well be carved in stone. Traditional OCR might read the words, but you’re left playing detective. Which value belongs to which label? Where’s the table structure? How do these pieces connect?