OCR API and Web Services
An OCR API is Optical Character Recognition the is provided as a application programming interface or a web service to provide OCR functions to developers and applications. An example can be found here: Ephesoft Web Services and API. The OCR API typically provides a broad set of functionality, including:
- PDF to Text Conversion
- TIFF to Text Conversion
- Data Extraction
- Document Classification
- Image Processing
- Data Validation
- Document Analytics
The API and Web Service is usually provided through a cloud OCR Server, or one that is on premises. Below is an example of an OCR API: