docTR
Deep-learning OCR library for detecting and recognising text in documents.
What it does
Python OCR library that finds and reads the words in PDFs and images in two stages (detection, then recognition), with optional page layout detection (titles, tables, headers) and a key-information extraction mode; results export to JSON. It needs Python 3.11+ and PyTorch, installs with pip, and GPU-ready Docker images exist. A general OCR tool, not tax-specific, now maintained by t2k GmbH.
Where it fits on the map
- Company tax department › Controversy & Tax RiskTax controversypartly covered
- Company tax department › Tax Technology, Data & TransformationTax technology & datacovered
- Tax authority › Compliance Risk & AuditAudit & investigationpartly covered
Named as a project to start with: Store and search the evidence with the document system; read it with the OCR library.
- Tax authority › Data, IT & AnalyticsData, document AI & AI modelscovered
In the processes
- Tax controversyStep 2 · Facts & document preservation
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