Glossary
What is invoice OCR, and why is it not enough?
Invoice OCR (optical character recognition) converts a scanned or photographed invoice into machine-readable text. It is necessary for paper and photos, but on its own it only produces raw text: it does not know which number is the total or whether it read that number correctly. That is why OCR is only a first step.
What OCR does
OCR reads the characters off an image. For a digital PDF the text is already there; for a scan or a phone photo, OCR is what makes the document readable at all. InvoiceJet uses an OCR fallback so scans and photographs work alongside clean PDFs, and it handles European number and date formats.
What OCR cannot do
OCR gives you text, not understanding. It will not tell you which line is the vendor, which figure is tax versus total, or whether glare over the tax line caused a misread. It has no notion of confidence, so a wrong character looks exactly like a right one.
That is the gap InvoiceJet closes: two models cross-check the reading, math checks confirm the totals are internally consistent, and every field carries a confidence level with its source highlighted on the document.
Common questions
Does InvoiceJet work on phone photos of invoices?
Yes. Photographed and scanned documents are handled through an OCR fallback, and each field still carries a confidence level so you can see where a photo caused uncertainty.
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