Textract, a tool from Amazon's cloud computing arm that uses machine learning to extract text and data from scanned documents, can now be deployed for HIPAA-compliant tasks, Amazon Web Services ...

AWS' Textract, which leverages machine learning algorithms to detect and extract text and data from a range of document types, is now generally available.

Amazon Textract gained support for handwriting recognition in English, as well as new languages, including Spanish and German.

The machine learning tool, which helps to extract data from scanned documents, joins six other AI tools that are HIPAA-eligible: Amazon Translate, Amazon Comprehend, Amazon Transcribe, Amazon Polly, ...

Textract Lending can process a 3,000-page mortgage application in less than five minutes, AWS said. Other features include identifying signatures and missing documents from mortgage applications.

“RGA’s use of Amazon Textract in their FAC Optimization solution will help make the underwriting processes more efficient, but more importantly, the solution will enable RGA to deliver more ...