Use of AI in Document Capture
This article describes how and where Continia uses artificial intelligence (AI) within Continia Document Capture.
OCR and document analysis
Continia introduced optical character recognition (OCR) powered by AI in October 2023 to improve the recognition of header and line data in purchase invoices and credit memos. It's possible to recognize both header and line fields via the traditional method and via the AI.
Additionally, Document Capture is capable of analyzing documents and suggesting improvements – such as enabling the use of AI line recognition when beneficial. This is done via notifications at the top of the document.
Note
These features are available to all customers using the Continia Cloud OCR engine.
To power these AI capabilities, Continia uses a service provided by Microsoft. Therefore, Microsoft's privacy commitments toward its customers apply – meaning Continia's data is neither shared nor used to train foundation models. For more information, see Protecting the data of our commercial and public sector customers in the AI era (Microsoft article).
Continia AI capabilities
In October 2026, the Continia AI capabilities framework was released. Unlike the features described in OCR and document analysis, Continia AI capabilities – such as account and line suggestions in Document Capture – require the setup of an external AI provider.
For more information, see Continia AI capabilities.