Glossary

OCR Invoice Software

Software that uses optical character recognition to pull invoice fields into an AP system.

OCR invoice software uses optical character recognition — often with machine learning — to pull vendor, amount, date, and line-item data from invoices. It sits at the front of AP automation: without reliable OCR, teams fall back to manual keying. The best setups validate extracted fields against POs and vendor masters before anything posts to the ERP.