Features
Everything Mahad OCR does
Each feature has its own page with the real workflow, the fields returned, a sample response and its current limitations. Features that are limited say so.
OCR Extraction
Available nowTurn a photo, scan or PDF of any document into clean text and structured JSON through one API call.
Read more →Passport and MRZ Reading
Available nowRead the machine-readable zone of a passport deterministically — no AI cost, with checksum validation.
Read more →National ID and QID Reading
Available nowExtract identity fields from national ID cards including Qatar ID and Emirates ID.
Read more →Visa and Residence Permit Reading
Available nowRead visa stickers and residence permits, including validity dates for expiry tracking.
Read more →Invoice and Receipt Extraction
Available nowPull header fields and full line items out of invoices and receipts.
Read more →CV and Resume Extraction
Available nowConvert a CV into a structured candidate profile — contact details, skills and experience.
Read more →Contract and General Document Reading
Available nowRead contracts, letters and documents that do not fit a fixed template.
Read more →Cross-Document Validation
LimitedCompare the same person across several documents and surface mismatches.
Read more →Duplicate Detection
Available nowIdentify when the same file has already been submitted — and reuse the result for free.
Read more →Expiry Monitoring and Alerts
LimitedTrack document expiry dates and see what is running out.
Read more →Multilingual OCR
Available nowRead documents in many languages and scripts, including Arabic.
Read more →Handwriting Recognition
LimitedHandwritten content is attempted by the AI reader — with materially lower reliability.
Read more →Structured Data Extraction
Available nowA stable, normalized JSON shape you can code against — whichever engine ran.
Read more →Batch and Multi-Page Processing
Available nowSend several documents in one request, and read multi-page PDFs page by page.
Read more →Review, Correction and Approval
Available nowDocuments with a disputed, unreadable or missing field wait for a human — who can correct fields and approve.
Read more →API Integration
Available nowA single REST API with per-tenant keys, quotas, rate limits and webhooks.
Read more →Usage, Quotas and Audit History
Available nowEvery document is metered, every quota enforced, every action recorded.
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