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Enable AnalyzeID for Photo Identification

AnalyzeID is a specialized API within Amazon Textract that extracts data from photo identification such as U.S. driver’s licenses and passports. Enabling this API allows for more accurate extractions with Intelligent Document Automation.

Required Editions

User Permissions Needed
To use AnalyzeID:

CRUD access to Received Document and Received Document Type objects
  1. In Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Intelligent Form Reader, and then select Intelligent Form Reader.
  2. Click Edit Settings.
  3. In the Edit Global Content Extraction Settings, Select Amazon Textract Analyze ID.
  4. Save your work.
  5. In Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Document Type, and then select Document Type.
  6. Click New Document Type.
  7. Enter a Label.
  8. Enter a Name. The name must begin with a letter. Enter only alphanumeric characters and underscores. The name can’t include two underscores at the end.
  9. Select Is Active.
  10. Provide a description.
  11. Select Identity Document as the Form Type.
  12. Save your work.

Now when the user is transforming a received document they can select this document type and use the AnalyzeID API.