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title: "Textract"
slug: "textract"
description: "Learn how AWS Textract steps provide access to the Amazon Textract API for extracting and analyzing text from documents."
updated: 2026-04-27T20:46:38Z
published: 2026-04-28T14:12:55Z
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# Textract

| Feature Details |
| --- |
| **Introduced in Version** | 9.24 |
| **Modified in Version** | -- |

## Overview

As part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Module, the **Textract** steps allow Users to access the Textract API.

Users can find these steps by navigating to **Integration > AWS > Textract.**

Prerequisite:

- [Installation](/version-10/docs/installing-modules-decisions) of the AWS module.
- [Configuration](/version-10/docs/setting-up-amazon-webservices-integration) of the AWS module.
- Active AWS account and application

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## Textract Steps

| Step Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [Analyze Document From File](https://documentation.decisions.com/step-library/docs/analyze-document-from-file) | This step runs textract analysis features (Forms/Tables, etc) on a specified file. |
| [Analyze Document From S3](https://documentation.decisions.com/step-library/docs/analyze-document-from-s3) | This step runs textract analysis features against an S3 object. |
| [Detect Text From File](https://documentation.decisions.com/step-library/docs/detect-text-from-file) | This step performs text line detection on a File data object. |
| [Detect Text From S3](https://documentation.decisions.com/step-library/docs/detect-text-from-s3) | This step performs text line detection on an S3 object. |
| [Start Document Analysis Job](https://documentation.decisions.com/step-library/docs/start-document-analysis-job) | This step performs an async document analysis job. |
| [Get Document Analysis Job Result](https://documentation.decisions.com/step-library/docs/get-document-analysis-job-result) | This step retrieves result pages for an async analysis job. |
| [Start Document Text Detection Job](https://documentation.decisions.com/step-library/docs/start-document-text-detection-job) | This step starts an async text detection job. |

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| Description | Version | Release Date | Developer Task |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The AWS module has been updated with 9 additional steps that allow Users to access the Textract API. | 9.24 | April 2026 | [DT-047247] |

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