Build an OCR System Using RunPod Serverless

Building an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system using RunPod Serverless and pre-trained models from Hugging Face can effectively automate the processing of receipts and invoices by extracting text from images and converting it into structured data. This tutorial guides users through setting up a serverless environment on RunPod, deploying the OCR model, and writing a Python class to handle image processing and invoice generation. By converting images to base64 encoded schemes, users can batch process multiple receipts into a single invoice and generate PDFs using the ReportLab library. This system streamlines workflows by reducing manual data entry and potential errors, with suggestions for further enhancements such as improved error handling, customized invoice templates, and integration with accounting software.