This page documents production updates to Document AI. We recommend that Document AI developers periodically check this list for any new announcements.
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July 27, 2022
New Release Candidate (RC) versions for PDAI Invoice and Expense processors - July 2022
We have launched new RC versions of Invoice parser and Expense parser on Jul 15, 2022. These can be accessed in the following way:
- Invoice parser:
pretrained-next-uptrainable
- Expense parser:
pretrained-next
Here are the details about the contents of the RC version updates:
Processor | New Languages | New Entities |
---|---|---|
Invoice: pretrained-next-uptrainable |
Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish | N/A |
Expense: pretrained-next
|
Japanese | Support for hotel and car rental folios Payment information entities: Last 4 digits of credit card, payment type |
June 30, 2022
VPC Service Control support
Document AI VPC Service Controls provide additional security for your resources and services. To learn more about VPC Service Controls, see the VPC Service Controls overview.
To learn about the limitations when using Document AI with VPC Service Controls, see the supported products and limitations.
June 13, 2022
Document AI is now generally available (GA) in the following new locations:
asia-south1
(Mumbai)australia-southeast1
(Sydney)
You must request access to use the new locations. For more information, see Regional and multi-regional support.
New Identity Processor (Preview)
The France Passport Parser is now available in limited preview.
June 10, 2022
The Contract Parser is now more accurate, can extract more fields and supports higher page limits.
June 01, 2022
Identity DocAI General availability (GA) release
The following Identity DocAI processors are now Generally Available (GA).
For more information, see Document AI for Identity.
April 21, 2022
Document OCR processor
The changes from the Google Default Next version have been applied to the Google default version.
The previous Google default version can still be accessed until July 21, 2022 as pretrained-legacy. After July 21, 2022, that version will be removed.
For more information about using different versions of the processor, see Managing processor versions .
For the original announcement of this change, see the January 14, 2022 release note.
April 08, 2022
New Version of Lending W2 Processor
We have released a new Release Candidate version of the W2 Processor. This version is experimental and has the following features:
- Quality improvement on
SSN
andEIN
fields. - Support for box 12 fields, including both codes and values.
- Fine grained predictions of
EmployeeName
,EmployeeAddress
, andEmployerNameAndAddress
which are no longer part of the output and replaced with additional fields.
March 25, 2022
New & Updated processors available
The following Lending DocAI processors are now available for trusted testers. Access to the trusted testers program is limited and granted on a case by case basis. If you would like to be considered please fill out the DocAI Processor Access Request Form:
New Experimental processors to support new document types:
- Form VA Loan Discharge Statement Processor
- Form USDA Conditional Statement Processor
- Form 1017 Processor
- Form Biweekly Payment Rider Processor
- Form VBA26 1805 Processor
- Form VBA26 6393 Processor
- Form MERS Rider Processor
Updated Experimental processors:
- Form 4506-T Processor
- Form 4506-C Processor
- Form HUD54114 Processor
- Form HUD92900WS Processor
- Form HUD92800 Processor
- Form 1040-NR Processor
- Form HUD92900LT Processor
- Form VBA26 8923 Processor
- Form HUD92900A Processor
- FORM_1005_PROCESSOR
March 10, 2022
Document AI is now generally available (GA) in the following new locations:
europe-west3
asia-southeast1
You must request access to use the new locations. For more information, see Regional and multi-regional support.
February 18, 2022
New Versions of Procurement Processors
We have launched a new Google Pretrained version of the following procurement processors with various quality improvements:
The changes from the old Google default next version have been applied to the new Google Pretrained version. The old Google default version is still available and will not be deprecated for at least 180 days.
January 26, 2022
Enrichment using the Knowledge Graph is now Generally Available.
For more information, see Enterprise Knowledge Graph field enrichment.
January 14, 2022
Document OCR processor
We have updated the Google default next version with quality improvements. Consequently, you have 90 days from today to test the new model before the changes are applied to the Google default version. After that, the original Google default version will be available for another 90 days as legacy. For more information about the processor and its versions, see the Document OCR processor.
For more information about using different versions of the processor, see Managing processor versions.
For the original announcement of this change, see the November 5, 2021 release note.
December 15, 2021
New Lending Processors (Preview)
The following new processors are now available in limited preview:
New Versions of Lending Processors
We have launched new versions of the following lending processors.
- 1003 Parser
- 1040 Parser
- 1040 Schedule C Parser
- 1040 Schedule E Parser
- 1099-DIV Parser
- 1099-G Parser
- 1099-INT Parser
- 1099-MISC Parser
- Bank Statement Parser
- Pay Slip Parser
- W2 Parser
- W9 Parser
These new versions use a new lending document splitting and classification model with improved quality and support for more document types. For more information, see the Document types identified by the Lending Splitter & Classifier.
November 10, 2021
We have lowered the price for many processors. For more information, see the Pricing page.
November 05, 2021
The following procurement processors are now publicly accessible:
We have release a new version of the Document OCR Processor called Google default next. This version changes the distribution of confidence scores in the response. You have 90 days from today to test the new model before the changes are applied to the Google default version . After that event, the original version will still be available for another 90 days as legacy. For more information about using different versions of the processor, see Managing processor versions.
New Lending Processor (Preview)
The Mortgage statement parser is now available in limited preview.
October 15, 2021
Contract DocAI (Preview) released
The Contract parser is now available.
October 06, 2021
Document AI is now generally available (GA) in the following new locations:
europe-west2
northamerica-northeast1
You must request access to use the new locations. For more information, see Regional and multi-regional support.
September 01, 2021
Document AI now supports Data Residency, VPC-SC, Access Transparency, and CMEK.
August 20, 2021
Managing processor versions
You can now switch between different versions of a processor. For more information, see Managing processor versions.
New processor versions
We have added new versions of the following processors:
- Bank statement parser: improved model quality
- Pay slip parser: improved model quality and extraction of three additional fields:
net_pay
,net_pay_ytd
, andemployee_account_number
.
New Lending DocAI processors
The following Lending DocAI (LDAI) processors are now available in limited Preview:
- 1065 parser
- 1099-NEC parser
- 1099-R parser
- 1120 parser
- 1120-S parser
- SSA-1099 parser
Additionally, the LDAI Document Splitter and Classifier has been updated to support the new LDAI processors as well as the following processors:
- US Driver License Parser
- US Passport Parser
Human in the Loop (HITL) support for Lending DocAI processors
The following Lending DocAI processors now support Human in the Loop (HITL):
- 1003 parser
- 1040 Parser
- 1040 Schedule C parser
- 1040 Schedule E parser
- 1099-DIV parser
- 1099-G parser
- 1099-INT parser
- 1099-MISC parser
- Bank Statement parser
- Pay Stub parser
- W2 parser
- W9 parser
Knowledge Graph support
The following processors now support Knowledge Graph enrichment:
- Bank Statement
- Pay Slip
- W2 Parser
- W9 Parser
July 30, 2021
The Invoice Parser now extracts a new field invoice_type
that indicates the type of the input document.
July 02, 2021
Change in processor documentation
The location of individual processor information has changed. You can now find individual processor documentation for all solutions (General, Procurement, Lending) in the following locations:
Human in the Loop (HITL) now supports priority queues for each processor, based on the urgency of each document. For more information, see HITL.
June 09, 2021
VPC Service Controls
Integration with Document AI VPC Service Controls is now generally available.
April 09, 2021
Procurement DocAI General availability (GA) release
Procurement DocAI (PDAI) solution is now available in private General Availability (GA).
This includes the following processors:
- Invoice parser
- Expense parser (formerly Receipt parser)
- Procurement document splitter & classifier
- Utility parser
Human in the Loop (HITL) support for Procurement DocAI processors
Procurement DocAI processors now support Human in the Loop (HITL) AI platform functionality supporting human revisions of predictions.
Invoice parser behavior update
The invoice parser behavior has been updated to include the following features:
- Offers extended support for the following languages (in addition to English):
- French
- Dutch
- German
- Spanish
- Improves supplier parsing accuracy with Knowledge Graph support.
- Improves prediction quality (accuracy).
- Extends the header and line item fields extracted by the parser.
- Increased the number of pages for online processing (10 pages) and offline processing (200 pages).
- Increased the number of documents per batch in offline processing (50 documents).
Expense parser (Receipt parser) behavior update
The expense parser behavior has been updated to include the following features:
- Renamed Receipt parser to Expense parser.
- Improved prediction quality.
- Improved prediction quality for English, French, and Dutch for more expense types (for example hotel statements).
Human in the Loop (HITL) AI General Availability (GA) released
HITL AI is now available in Private General Availability (GA) for human review of Invoice, Expense, and Utility parser predictions.
Features:
- HITL configuration enhanced to designate which fields need review and whether a field is mandatory, saving review time.
- Labeler UI highlights the fields below a confidence score and supports single-click confirmation to improve review efficiency.
- Labeling Manager shows analytics and metrics by task and by labeler to streamline HITL operations.
April 02, 2021
Lending DocAI General Availability (GA) released
Lending DocAI is now General Availability. See the documentation for more information.
Lending DocAI processors added
The following Lending DocAI processors are now available:
March 31, 2021
Document AI General availability (GA) released
Document AI is now General Availability (GA).
January 14, 2021
New Procurement DocAI processor released in limited Preview
The following Procurement DocAI processor is now available in limited Preview:
- Procurement document splitter
For more information, see the processor documentation.
January 11, 2021
Lending processors behavior update
The behavior of the following processors has been updated:
- 1003 parser
- 1040 parser
- 1099-MISC parser
- W2 parser
- W9 parser
Now, if these processors are given a multi-page input file and contains a page that is the correct document type and one of the supported versions the processor performs entity extraction for that page; subsequent applicable pages will not be processed. If the prcoessor doesn't find any applicable documents in the input file it returns an error message.
October 29, 2020
Document AI Preview released
The following beta and preview features are available in API version v1beta3:
- Procurement DocAI processors: Invoice parser and receipt parser.
October 16, 2020
Document AI Preview released
The following beta and preview features are available in API version v1beta3:
- General processors: Document OCR (Optical Character Recognition), form parser, and document splitter.
- Lending processors: W9, 1040, W2, 1099-MISC, and 1003 parsers, as well as lending document splitter & classifier.
uri
field unavailable
- Sending a request with the
uri
field is currently not supported for v1beta3. Any updates to the availability of theuri
field will be announced here.
Workaround: Send requests with image information in the content
field (base64 encoded information).
August 24, 2020
Form Parser model updates
The Form Parser model has been updated. The model update includes the following features:
- Improved OCR quality for English detection.
- Improved key-value pair, checkbox, and table parsing detection quality, particularly for rotated images and handwritten text.
- Decreased latency for complex tables.
August 20, 2020
Invoice Parsing updates
- Document AI now supports normalized values for certain entities returned from Invoice Parsing requests.
- We have improved confidence scores for entities returned from Invoice Parsing requests.
July 04, 2020
Invoice Parsing Beta model upgrade
The Invoice Parsing Beta model has been upgraded. This model upgrade results in higher quality results for the entities and entityRelations. There is no API change.
See the product documentation for more information.
April 14, 2020
Document AI Beta released
The following beta features are available in API version v1beta2:
- Document processing: You can use the API to parse forms or tables from PDF, TIFF, or GIF documents.
- Regional support: The API now offers multi-regional support (
us
andeu
) for all features. Using a multi-region endpoint enables you to configure the API to store and process your data in the United States or European Union.
Invoice processing Beta
- Invoice processing is now available as a restricted feature. See Parsing invoices for more information.