Technology that extracts text from images or scanned documents, converting it into editable, searchable digital text. Part of Computer Vision services.
In AI-901: Azure AI Vision includes OCR capabilities to extract text from images. Document Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) extends this to structured documents like invoices or forms. Question: digitize paper invoices → Document Intelligence. In GENAI-L (Domain 2), Google Cloud's Document AI combines OCR with natural language understanding for the same use case.
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is a concept that can show up on the exam. Check the full guide to see it in context.