Getting Started

Learn how to get started with using Document Understanding.

Supported File Formats

Document Understanding supports the following file types.

JPG, PNG, PDF, and TIFF files are supported.

Supported Languages

Document Understanding supports several languages depending on the model version.

Version 1 - English is supported.
Version 2 - Multilingual support (except English).

The following table lists the languages supported by each version:

Supported Languages (by language code)
Model Name	Variable	Version 1 Languages	Version 2 Languages
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)	NOT APPLICABLE	EN	AR, ZH, FR, DE, HE, JA, PT, RU, ES, NL, UK
Document Classification	NOT APPLICABLE	EN	NOT APPLICABLE
Custom Document Classification	NOT APPLICABLE	EN	NOT APPLICABLE
Table Extraction	NOT APPLICABLE	EN	NOT APPLICABLE
Key Value Extraction	Invoice	EN	AR, ZH, FR, DE, HE, JA, PT, RU, ES, NL, UK
Key Value Extraction	Receipt	EN	AR, ZH, FR, DE, HE, JA, PT, RU, ES, NL, UK
Key Value Extraction	Driver ID	EN	NOT APPLICABLE
Key Value Extraction	Passport	EN	NOT APPLICABLE
Key Value Extraction	Health ID	EN	NOT APPLICABLE
Custom Key Value Extraction	NOT APPLICABLE	EN	ES, PG

Regions and Availability Domains

Document Understanding services are hosted in regions and availability domains. A region is a localized geographic area, and an availability domain is one or more data centers located in that region.

Document Understanding is hosted in these regions and availability domains:

Australia East (Sydney)
Australia Southeast (Melbourne)
Brazil East (Sao Paulo)
Brazil Southeast (Vinhedo)
Canada Southeast (Montreal)
Canada Southeast (Toronto)
Chile (Santiago)
France South (Marseille)
Germany Central (Frankfurt)
India South (Hyderabad)
India West (Mumbai)
Israel Central (Jerusalem)
Italy Northwest (Milan)
Japan Central (Osaka)
Japan East (Tokyo)
Netherlands Northwest (Amsterdam)
Saudi Arabia West (Jeddah)
Singapore (Singapore)
South Africa Central (Johannesburg)
South Korea Central (Seoul)
South Korea North (Chuncheon)
Sweden Central (Stockholm)
Switzerland North (Zurich)
UAE Central (Abu Dhabi)
UAE East (Dubai)
UK South (London)
UK West (Newport)
US East (Ashburn)
US West (Phoenix)
US West (San Jose)

More information on regions and availability domains is available in the regions and availability domains documentation

How to Access Document Understanding

You access Document Understanding using the Console, REST API, SDKs, or CLI.

Use the following options to access Document Understanding

Pick an option, based on your preference and its suitability, for the task you want to complete:

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console is an easy-to-use, browser-based interface. To access the Console, you must use a supported browser.
The REST APIs provide the most functionality, but require programming expertise. API reference and endpoints provide endpoint details and links to the available API reference documents including the Artificial Intelligence Services REST API.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides SDKs that interact with Language without the need to create a framework.
The CLI provides both quick access and full functionality without the need for programming.

Note

Document Understanding isn't supported in the Oracle Always Free Tier.