Recently Microsoft announced the public preview of a new version of the Computer Vision Image Analysis API, making all visual image features ranging from Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to object detection available through a single endpoint.
Computer Vision Image Analysis API is part of Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service offering. With the API, customers can extract various visual features from their images. The latest version, 4.0, offers a new feature with OCR, optimized for image scenarios that make OCR easy to use for user interfaces and near real-time experiences.
