- name
- ocr
- description
- Processes documents through case.dev OCR for text and table extraction. Supports PDF and image files up to 500MB with page-level and word-level output. Use when the user mentions "OCR", "text extraction", "scan document", "digitize", "extract text from PDF", or needs word-level positional data from documents.
# case.dev OCR
Production-grade document OCR with table extraction and word-level positional data. Processes PDFs and images (PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, WEBP) up to 500MB.
Requires the `casedev` CLI. See `setup` skill for installation and auth.
## Process a Document
Submit a document URL for OCR:
```bash
casedev ocr process --document-url "https://example.com/contract.pdf" --json
```
Flags:
- `--document-url` / `--url` (required) — publicly accessible URL or presigned vault URL
- `--document-id` — optional identifier to tag the job
- `--engine` — OCR engine override
Returns a job ID and initial status.
## Check Job Status
```bash
casedev ocr status JOB_ID --json
```
Returns: ID, status, page count, created/completed timestamps.
Statuses: `queued` -> `processing` -> `completed` or `failed`.
## Watch Until Complete
```bash
casedev ocr watch JOB_ID --json
```
Polls until the job finishes. Flags:
- `--interval` / `-i` — poll interval in seconds (default: 3)
- `--timeout` / `-t` — max wait in seconds (default: 900)
## Word-Level Data
Retrieve word-level OCR output for a vault object:
```bash
casedev ocr words --vault VAULT_ID --object OBJECT_ID --json
```
This requires the document to be in a vault and have completed OCR ingestion. The object must be a PDF or image (audio/video files are rejected).
Flags:
- `--page` — specific page number
- `--word-start` — starting word index
- `--word-end` — ending word index
Returns per-page word arrays with text, word index, and confidence scores.
Uses focused vault if set via `casedev focus set --vault`.
## Common Workflow
### OCR a document from a vault
```bash
# 1. Upload to vault (triggers automatic ingestion + OCR)
casedev vault object upload ./scanned-contract.pdf --vault VAULT_ID --json
# 2. Check ingestion status
casedev vault object list --vault VAULT_ID --json
# 3. Get word-level data
casedev ocr words --vault VAULT_ID --object OBJECT_ID --json
# 4. Get specific page range
casedev ocr words --vault VAULT_ID --object OBJECT_ID --page 3 --json
```
### OCR an external document
```bash
# 1. Submit
casedev ocr process --document-url "https://storage.example.com/doc.pdf" --json
# 2. Watch
casedev ocr watch JOB_ID --json
```
## Troubleshooting
**"Invalid file type for OCR"**: OCR only supports PDFs and images (`application/pdf`, `image/*`). Check the object's content type with `casedev vault object list`.
**"Invalid object ID for this vault"**: Run `casedev vault object list --vault VAULT_ID` to see valid object IDs.
**Job stuck in "processing"**: Increase watch timeout with `--timeout 1800`. Large documents (100+ pages) take longer.
**"OCR job failed"**: The document may be corrupted or in an unsupported format. Re-upload and retry.
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