Confidence Score
TechnologyA metric used in OCR and data extraction to indicate how certain the system is about the accuracy of the extracted data.
A Confidence Score is a value (usually a percentage) that represents the system’s certainty regarding the accuracy of a piece of extracted data.
Why it matters:
- Quality Control: Low confidence scores flag specific transactions or fields for manual review.
- Automation: High confidence scores allow for automated processing without human intervention.
- Transparency: It helps users understand which parts of a converted document might need a second look.
If a bank statement is blurry or has an unusual font, the OCR engine might return a low confidence score, indicating that there is a higher chance of errors in the text recognition.
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