With Resco's Winter 2021 release, you can import any image or PDF document. Using a cloud service, the document is parsed to identify questions and then import into Questionnaire Designer.
This function uses Amazon Textract for parsing documents. The file should be no more than 10 pages long and its size less than 10 MB. See also the limitations of the service, such as supported languages. You can convert some pages for free. If you need more, set up an AWS account and activate Textract; you can then enter your Amazon credentials in the Questionnaire Designer.
Limitations of Amazon Textract
The following is a list of hard limits in Amazon Textract, which cannot be changed. For information about limitations in location and limits you can change see Amazon Textract Endpoints and Quotas (external link). For information about limits you can change, see AWS Service Limits (external link). To change a limit, see Create Case (external link).
| Limit | Description |
|---|---|
Accepted File Formats | Operations support JPEG, PNG, PDF, and TIFF files. (JPEG 2000-encoded images within PDFs are supported).. |
File Size and Page Count Limits | For synchronous operations, JPEG, PNG, PDF, and TIFF files have a 10MB size limit. PDF and TIFF files also have a limit of 1 page. For asynchronous operations, JPEG and PNG files have a 10MB size limit. PDF and TIFF files have a 500MB limit. PDF and TIFF files have a limit of 3,000 pages. |
PDF Specific Limits | The maximum height and width is 40 inches and 2880 points. PDFs cannot be password protected. PDFs can contain JPEG 2000 formatted images. |
Document Rotation and Image Size | Amazon Textract supports all in-plane document rotations, for example 45 degree in-plane rotation. Amazon Textract supports images with a resolution less than or equal to 10000 pixels on all sides. |
Text Alignment | Text can be text aligned horizontally within the document. Amazon Textract does not support vertical text alignment within the document. |
Languages | Amazon Textract supports English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish text detection. Amazon Textract will not return the language detected in its output. |
Character Size | The minimum height for text to be detected is 15 pixels. At 150 DPI, this would be the same as 8 point font. |
Character Type | Amazon Textract supports both handwritten and printed character recognition. |
Characters | Amazon Textract detects the following characters:
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| AnalyzeID Specific Limits | AnalyzeID only supports U.S. Passports, and U.S. Driver's Licenses. |