What's New

Updated on 2023/12/07 GMT+08:00

The tables below describe the functions released in each Optical Character Recognition version and corresponding documentation updates. New features will be successively launched in each region.

November, 2023

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Related Documents

1

Added support for Turkish, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish to General Text OCR

General Text OCR now supports four additional languages: Turkish, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish.

Commercial use

General Text

October, 2023

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Related Documents

1

Added the input parameter with_borders to General Table OCR

The input parameter with_borders is added to General Table OCR. If set to true, General Table OCR will only recognize tables with borders. If set to false, it will recognize tables with or without borders.

Commercial use

General Table

2

Made General Table OCR available in the AP-Singapore region

General Table OCR detects and extracts text from images of general tables and converts the text into JSON format. The returned results include two types of image area (words_region): text area (text) and table area (table). They also include table structures (rows and columns) and text information. 

Commercial use

General Table

3

Made General Text OCR available in the CN-Hong Kong region

General Text OCR  detects and extracts text from images and converts the text and coordinates into JSON format. It can be used in various scenarios, such as scanned files, electronic documents, books, receipts, and forms.

Commercial use

General Text

4

Made Vietnam ID Card OCR available in the CN-Hong Kong region

Vietnam ID Card OCR detects and extracts text from images of Vietnam-issued ID cards and converts the text into a structured format. 

Commercial use

Vietnam ID Card

5

Added the input parameter detect_text_direction to Web Image OCR

Added the input parameter detect_text_direction to Web Image OCR, which allows for the detection of the text direction for each field.

Commercial use

Web Image

March, 2023

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Related Documents

1

Added support for the pink card format and seven new fields like type to Thailand ID Card OCR

Added support for the pink card format and seven new fields like type to Thailand ID Card OCR.

Commercial use

Thailand ID Card

January, 2022

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Related Documents

1

Launched Hong Kong ID Card OCR

Hong Kong ID Card OCR detects and extracts text from images of Hong Kong-issued ID cards and converts the text into a structured format.

Commercial use

Hong Kong ID Card OCR

2

Launched Macao Resident ID Card OCR

Macao Resident ID Card OCR detects and extracts text from images of Macao-issued ID cards and converts the text into a structured format.

Commercial use

Macao Resident ID Card OCR

3

Launched Exit-Entry Permit for Traveling to and from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan OCR

Exit-Entry Permit for Traveling to and from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan OCR detects and extracts text from images of exit-entry permits and converts the text into a structured format.

Commercial use

Exit-Entry Permit for Traveling to and from Hong Kong

Macao

and Taiwan OCR

4

Launched Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Residents OCR

Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Residents OCR detects and extracts text from images of mainland travel permits and converts the text into a structured format. This OCR service supports the following two types of mainland travel permits: mainland travel permit for Hong Kong and Macao residents and mainland travel permit for Taiwan residents.

Commercial use

Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong

Macao

and Taiwan Residents OCR

March, 2021

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Related Documents

1

Launched Thailand Plate Number OCR

Thailand Plate Number OCR detects and extracts license plate information from Thailand license plate images and returns the license plate number and location.

Commercial use

Thailand Plate Number OCR

December, 2020

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Related Documents

1

Updated the OCR console

Updated the OCR management console as follows:

  • Added functions such as Overview, Package Management, Service Monitoring, and Usage Guides to the left navigation pane.
  • Optimized functions such as service authorization, service provisioning, package purchase, and product display.
  • Added common links, quick start, FAQs, and question categories.
  • Launched the Service Monitoring GUI.
  • Added the description for calling APIs and SDKs.

Commercial use

OCR console

2

Launched Chile ID Card OCR

Chile ID Card OCR detects and extracts text from images of Chile ID cards and converts the text into a structured JSON format.

Commercial use

Chile ID Card OCR

3

Updated OCR APIs

  • Updated the APIs for request URIs of real-time services from v1.0 to v2. For example, updated the request URI of Web Image OCR from /v1.0/ocr/web-image to /v2/{project_id}/ocr/web-image.
  • Original v1.0 APIs can still be used.

Commercial use

API Reference

August, 2020

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Related Documents

1

Optimized Myanmar ID Card OCR

Optimized Myanmar ID Card OCR to support the return of Base64-encoded facial and location information at a higher precision.

Commercial use

Myanmar ID Card OCR

May, 2020

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Related Documents

1

Optimized Thailand ID Card OCR

Optimized Thailand ID Card OCR to support the recognition of the back side of Thailand ID cards.

Commercial use

Thailand ID Card OCR

April, 2020

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Related Documents

1

Optimized Passport OCR

Improved the performance of Passport OCR by 8%.

Commercial use

Passport OCR

March, 2020

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Related Documents

1

Optimized Myanmar ID Card OCR

Optimized Myanmar ID Card OCR to support the output of confidence.

Commercial use

Myanmar ID Card OCR

July, 2019

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Related Documents

1

Launched Myanmar Driving License OCR

Myanmar Driving License OCR detects and extracts text from Myanmar-issued driving licenses and returns information such as the ID card number, name, National Registration Card (NRC) number, date of birth, blood type, and validity period.

Commercial use

Myanmar Driving License OCR

April, 2019

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Related Documents

1

Launched Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

OCR detects and extracts text from images and converts the text into an editable JSON format.

Commercial use

API Reference

Service Overview