Cinnamon AI Flax Scanner

Flax Scanner is Cinnamon AI’s document-reading engine that extracts data from unstructured business documents — invoices, contracts, forms — without template registration.

Overview

Japanese AI company Cinnamon AI built Flax Scanner to solve the document bottleneck inside banks, insurers and back offices: paper and PDFs whose layouts vary too much for traditional OCR rules. The system reads scanned documents, locates the fields that matter and outputs structured data ready for ERP and workflow systems, improving accuracy over time through review feedback. Cinnamon pairs the product with consulting so enterprises can roll document automation across entire departments rather than a single form type.

Key Features

• Template-free extraction that handles varying document layouts
• Works on scanned paper, PDFs, photos and emails
• High accuracy on Japanese text including vertical writing and seals
• Human-in-the-loop review screens for low-confidence fields
• Connectors to ERP, ECM and RPA tools used in Japanese enterprises
• Deployment on-premises or in private cloud

Pricing

Flax Scanner is sold as an enterprise solution — licensing plus implementation — with pricing based on document volume and deployment scope, quoted after a discovery workshop.

Who Is It For

Insurance companies, banks, manufacturers and shared-service centers processing large volumes of unstructured Japanese documents where manual keying dominates cost.

Use Cases

Flax Scanner shines where documents arrive in every imaginable layout: insurance claims, loan applications, supplier invoices and trade documents that resist template-based OCR.

• Extracting claim data from scanned insurance forms
• Turning supplier invoices into structured ERP entries
• Processing trade and shipping documents at volume

Getting Started

Cinnamon typically starts with a workshop on document flows, then a paid pilot on real samples. Review screens let staff correct low-confidence fields, and the corrections feed back into accuracy improvements.

Results to Expect

Enterprises commonly see manual keying work shrink dramatically while extraction accuracy climbs with feedback loops — and because deployment can be on-premises, security sign-off is straightforward.

FAQ

Is Flax Scanner free to use?

No. It is an enterprise product; Cinnamon AI typically starts with a paid pilot on the customer’s real documents before broader rollout.

Does Flax Scanner offer an API?

Yes — extraction is available through APIs so document data can flow directly into downstream systems, and it can be deployed behind a corporate firewall.

How does Flax Scanner compare to alternatives?

Compared with generic OCR or RPA add-ons, Flax Scanner handles Japanese business documents without per-layout configuration and pairs extraction with a review workflow for accuracy.