Changelog

A beta of our new parse engine is out, powered by a brand-new layout model trained over the past several months. It delivers a major step up in parsing accuracy — especially on multi-column forms, handwritten forms, and other messy layouts — and supports new block types our previous model did not, including key-value/form regions, headers, footers, page numbers, and formulas.

New advanced options shipped alongside the engine:

• Blank form field detection — inserts <blank /> markers for empty form fields so they’re easy to identify downstream.
• Default signature detection — automatically annotates signatures that appear within form regions.
• Barcode reading — extracts values from barcodes and QR codes, such as URLs and invoice codes.

Select it from the Parse Playground to try it out.