Document Intelligence / Form Recognizer Custom extraction model results does not include paragraph information

Question

Hello,

I am training custom extraction models with Azure Document Intelligence / Form Recognizer.

I noticed that the "Read" (e.g. model id: "prebuilt-layout") model returns information about paragraphs in it's JSON response under the key:

response["analyzeResult"]["paragraphs"]

However, running predictions with a custom extraction model does not include paragraph information.

In general, the custom extraction model JSON response includes all the other data that a "Read" model response includes (e.g. "pages", "tables", and "styles" keys).

When will Azure custom extraction models support "paragraphs" information?

Thanks,

Patrick

Answer 1

Hello @CRAWFORD, PATRICK , Thanks for using Microsoft Q&A Platform.

This is a known behavior as this paragraph's information is not yet supported in custom model. However, to extract paragraph/larger span of text using custom model we can do that by region labeling.

If you are looking for output similar to the prebuilt layout model, it is recommended to use this model as it is specifically designed for layout analysis and extracting information such as paragraphs, titles, section headings, footnotes, page headers, page footers, and page numbers.

We don't have any ETA on this paragraph support but will definitely share your feedback to the product team.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Vasavi

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