Document Processing & OCR Annotation

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Annotation strategies for OCR, form extraction, table recognition, and intelligent document processing (IDP) applications.

Document AI Annotation Types

  • Text Regions - Bounding boxes around text blocks, paragraphs, lines
  • Key-Value Pairs - Link field labels to their extracted values
  • Table Structure - Row/column detection and cell content extraction
  • Document Classification - Invoice, receipt, contract, form type labels
  • Handwriting Recognition - Ground truth for handwritten text

Handling Document Variations

Documents come in countless layouts and formats. Create template-based annotation workflows for common document types, with guidelines for handling variations:

  • Define fallback rules for unexpected layouts
  • Handle multi-page documents consistently
  • Account for scan quality variations