The Unstract Blog

Financial teams struggle with scanned PDFs, handwritten notes, and misaligned tables in reports. Learn why financial statement OCR is necessary to cut errors, save time, and reduce compliance risks.

From invoices to contracts, OCR turns static PDFs, images, and notes into machine-readable text. But modern AI workflows—powered by LLMs—demand more: rich structure, flexible formats, and minimal pre-processing. Learn how LLMWhisperer OCR API delivers all that in a next-gen, developer-friendly package built for AI-native applications.

Processing thousands of varied documents—from invoices to contracts to email threads—requires both flexibility and consistency. Unstract delivers structured, reliable JSON by overcoming LLM non-determinism with advanced techniques. Learn how.

Explore the importance of automating Excel data extraction, real-world use cases across industries, and how Unstract leverages AI to tackle common extraction challenges.

In this article, we put Unstract’s LLMwhisperer and Mistral OCR to the test using a series of challenging sample documents. We’ll explore their outputs and wrap up with practical recommendations for which tool to use and when.

Whether starting from scratch or working on a large project, LLMs’ eagerness to please can often lead to misaligned results. The key is to ground them with clear, tight specifications—this simple step can mean the difference between a runaway app and the one you actually need.