Constraints and Limitations

There are various factors, such as technology and cost, that limit the performance of OCR services. The system-level constraints are the most significant limitations that affect all sub-services. In addition to these system-level constraints, each sub-service also has its own independent limitations.

General Table OCR

  • Only images in PNG, JPG, JPEG, BMP, or TIFF format can be recognized.

  • No side of the image can be smaller than 15 or larger than 8,192 pixels.

  • The area to be recognized must occupy more than 80% of the image. When scanning a table, ensure that the entire table and its surrounding area are included in the image.

  • An image can be rotated to any angle.

  • Text in images with complex backgrounds (such as outdoor scenery or anti-counterfeit watermarks) or distorted table lines cannot be recognized.

  • English and Chinese are supported but support for traditional Chinese characters is limited.

General Text OCR

  • Only images in PNG, JPG, JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, WebP, PCX, ICO, or PSD format can be recognized.

  • No side of the image can be smaller than 15 or larger than 8,192 pixels.

  • The area to be recognized must occupy more than 80% of the image. When scanning a table, ensure that all text and its surrounding area are included in the image.

  • An image can be rotated to any angle.

  • Text in images with complex backgrounds (such as outdoor scenery or anti-counterfeit watermarks) or distorted text cannot be recognized.

  • Supported languages: Chinese, English, some traditional Chinese, Malay, Ukrainian, Hindi, Russian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Arabic, German, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish Amharic, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish.