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Document Intelligence and OCR with Amazon Textract

Manual document processing slows down operations and introduces errors. This course will teach you to extract, analyze, and integrate data using Amazon Textract to build scalable, secure, and accurate document intelligence workflows.

Ed Freitas - Pluralsight course - Document Intelligence and OCR with Amazon Textract
by Ed Freitas

What you'll learn

Manual document handling can lead to slow processing times, data entry errors, and security risks, especially when working with forms, invoices, and identity documents.

In this course, Document Intelligence and OCR with Amazon Textract, you’ll learn to automate and scale document analysis using Amazon’s powerful OCR and machine learning services.

First, you’ll explore how to extract printed and handwritten text, tables, and form data directly in the AWS Console.

Next, you’ll discover how to secure, monitor, and troubleshoot Textract operations using IAM, KMS, VPC, and CloudWatch.

Finally, you’ll learn how to integrate Textract into backend systems using the AWS SDK, handling synchronous and asynchronous jobs with clean, production-ready code.

When you finish this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Amazon Textract needed to build secure, reliable, and automated document workflows.

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About the author

Ed Freitas - Pluralsight course - Document Intelligence and OCR with Amazon Textract
Ed Freitas

Eduardo is a technology enthusiast, software architect and customer success advocate. He's designed enterprise .NET solutions that extract, validate and automate critical business processes such as Accounts Payable and Mailroom solutions. He's a well-known specialist in the Enterprise Content Management market segment, specifically focusing on data capture & extraction and document process automation.

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