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AWS updates the Amazon Textract AI text detection model

AWS released an updated text detection model for Amazon Textract that expands language support to over 40 languages and improves multilingual table extraction.

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Summary

AWS updated the text detection model in Amazon Textract to improve accuracy across more than 40 languages. The update works automatically with existing API requests without requiring changes to your response schema.

What changed

  • Expanded language coverage to over 40 languages including Arabic, Chinese, and Hindi.
  • Improved long-word recognition and handwriting detection accuracy.
  • Enhanced multilingual table extraction on merged, skewed, rotated, or corrupted tables.

Availability

Available now

“The updated Amazon Textract model is available in all AWS Regions where Amazon Textract is available.”

Founder takeaway

If your application uses Amazon Textract for document processing, verify how the updated model handles your specific multilingual documents and handwriting use cases.

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