Read Text in the Images with Microsoft Cognitive Services

Examples

• (Example) How to Get the Access Token Credentials from Microsoft Cognitive Services

Prerequisites

• Access Token for Microsoft Cognitive Services.
• AgilePoint NX OnDemand (public cloud), or AgilePoint NX PrivateCloud or AgilePoint NX OnPremises v7.0 or higher.

Good to Know

• In most text fields, you can use process data variables as an alternative to literal data values.
• You can configure whether this activity waits for other activities before it runs.

  For more information, refer to How Do I Configure an Activity to Wait for Other Incoming Activities?

• Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and it is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business uses cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, and other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

How to Start

1. On the Application Explorer screen, do one of these:
   • Open a Process.
   • Create a Process.
2. Do one of these:
   • Add an activity:
     1. In the Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Cognitive Services tab.
     2. On the Cognitive Services tab, drag the Read Text in Image activity onto your process.
   • Change an activity:
     1. In your process, double-click your activity.
3. Click Read Text in Image Configuration .

Procedure

1. Complete the fields on the General Configuration screen.

   For more information, refer to Configure General Options for a System Activity.

2. Click Source Configuration .
3. On the Source Repository screen, select the source location for your file.
4. Click Read Text in Image Configuration .
5. On the Read Text in Image Configuration screen, in the Cognitive Services field, select your Microsoft Cognitive Services access token. The selected access token must have the Cognitive Service Type configured for for the Computer Vision API.

   To create a new access token, click Add Token . For more information, refer to Access Token for Microsoft Cognitive Services.

6. To connect the response to a process data variable, complete this field as necessary:

   Field Name

   Definition

   Store Response Text in this Variable

   Function: Specifies the process data variable that stores the responses from the Microsoft Read Text in Image service. Accepted Values: A process data variable that accepts an alphanumeric string that can have spaces and special characters that contains the extracted text from an image. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes Limitations: Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and it is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business uses cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, and other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?