AI-102 Question 124
Single answerYou are building a document processing solution using Azure AI Vision. Your task is to extract text from scanned invoices stored in Azure Blob Storage. The invoices contain handwritten notes as well as printed text. Which Azure AI Vision feature should you use to achieve this?
- A
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) API
- B
Read API
- C
Face Detection API
- D
Form Recognizer
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The Read API is the recommended solution for extracting both handwritten and printed text from documents or images, such as scanned invoices. It supports more complex scenarios compared to the older OCR API, making it the most suitable choice in this case.
- A. Incorrect.
The OCR API is an older Azure service that extracts text from images but does not handle complex layouts and handwritten text as effectively as the Read API.
- B. Correct.
The Read API is specifically designed to extract both printed and handwritten text from images and documents, making it the best choice for this scenario.
- C. Incorrect.
The Face Detection API is used for identifying and analyzing human faces in images and is not relevant for text extraction.
- D. Incorrect.
Form Recognizer is used for extracting structured data from forms and tables. While it can process invoices, it is not specifically optimized for extracting general text from images.