How is this different from FinHub's specialized OCR APIs?

This is a general-purpose text extraction layer for any document type; specialized APIs like Loan Agreement OCR or GST Certificate OCR add structured field extraction on top of the same underlying engine.

Is the extracted text logged or stored?

Every call captures a consent artifact and writes to a tamper-evident audit log, with document handling aligned to DPDP requirements.

Document to Text OCR API for BFSI

Document Intelligence · OCR

Turn any printed or handwritten document into clean, machine-readable text with a single, general-purpose OCR call.

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request · /v1/ocr/document-to-text

Document

Language hint

Send request

api · POST /v1/kyc/verify

POST /v1/kyc/verify

Authorization: Bearer sk_live_••••

{ "pan": "XXXXXXXXXX", "consent_artifact": "ca_••••" }

OKVerified

{

"status": "verified",

"name_match": "high",

"dpdp_purpose_code": "LOAN_KYC",

"consent": "sealed"

}

Overview

What the Document to Text OCR API Does

FinHub's Document to Text OCR API converts printed and handwritten documents, forms, letters, notes and scanned records, into structured, searchable text, preserving layout where it matters. It's built as a general-purpose extraction layer underneath FinHub's specialized document APIs, with consent capture and a tamper-evident audit log on every call.

Inputs

Document (PDF or image, printed or handwritten)
Language hint
Consent artifact ID

Returns

Full extracted text
Per-line/word confidence scores
Detected language
Layout metadata

POST /v1/ocr/document-to-text

How it works

Three Steps to a Verified Result

Upload the document

Send a printed or handwritten document image or PDF with a consent artifact over a single authenticated call.

We run OCR extraction

FinHub's OCR engine recognizes printed and handwritten text, scoring confidence at the line and word level.

Get machine-readable text

Receive full extracted text with confidence scores and optional layout metadata, sealed to your audit trail.

Use cases

Where Teams Use Document to Text OCR

Form and application digitization
Correspondence and letter archival
Handwritten note capture for claims processing
Building custom document pipelines on raw OCR text

FAQ

Document to Text OCR API, FAQs

Common questions about FinHub's Document to Text OCR API.

Yes. The API is tuned for both printed and handwritten text and returns confidence scores so you can route low-confidence extractions to manual review.

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