US Mail OCR API
Automatically extract key information from US Mail in your application
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Extract mailing data in seconds
Pull sender and receiver addresses, names, postal codes, and routing info with one API call.
Handle typed, printed, or handwritten mail
Our OCR model adapts to different font styles, layouts, and even cursive handwriting.
Barcode and tracking code recognition
Capture USPS tracking numbers, Intelligent Mail Barcodes (IMB), and other identifiers.
Maxime Rihouey
Lead ML Engineer, Spendesk
Designed for software integration:
Developer-ready API
Simple endpoints, sandbox access, and webhook support built for real-time processing.
Built for high-volume workflows
Scan and extract thousands of mail documents daily—fast and reliably.
OCR tuned for real-world mail
Handles noisy backgrounds, stamps, skewed photos, and envelope creases.
Flexible deployment
Use our managed cloud service or deploy the model in your infrastructure.
Mindee helps postal services, logistics platforms, and mailrooms process US mail faster and smarter:
- Automate address recognition from envelopes and labels
- Extract postal codes, cities, names, and return addresses
- Track certified or priority mail automatically
- Digitize incoming mailroom flows at scale
- Improve routing and delivery accuracy
- Enable mail-based identity verification
Transform your workflow with:
Instant mail sorting
Trigger mail distribution or delivery workflows from envelope scans.
Seamless integration
Feed extracted data into mailroom, logistics, or customer systems.
Smart error detection
Use field-level confidence scores to detect incomplete or ambiguous addresses.
Mailroom automation
Go paperless and slash manual labor in corporate or government mailrooms.
Mindee’s US Mail OCR unlocks speed, accuracy, and automation for modern mail workflows:
- Extract sender and recipient info from scanned mail
- Capture handwritten addresses and barcodes
- Update CRMs or delivery systems in real time
- Validate postal addresses with structured output
- Route incorrectly addressed mail to review queues
- Archive digitized mail for traceability and audits
Trained on US mail documents
Purpose-built model trained on thousands of real USPS mail formats.
Field-level accuracy
Recognizes addresses, names, and tracking data with 99%+ precision.
Plug-and-play API
Get started in under 10 minutes—no machine learning required.
Built to scale
Pay-as-you-go or enterprise pricing that grows with your volume.
Secure and compliant
All data is encrypted and never stored—ideal for regulated industries.
Trusted by logistics and enterprise mailrooms
Used by mailing platforms, service providers, and digital mailrooms across the US.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about our intelligent document processing solutions.
How can I test the US Mail OCR API?
Our US Mail API is free to use and available to any user having an account on our platform.
To test our APIs, you only have to create a free account using this link, and you'll be able to drag and drop US Mail in the live interface to see the data extracted in real-time and JSON response. A demo page is also available here.
Is Mindee's US Mail OCR API free to use?
A free plan is available to everyone and allows you to perform 250 Mails processing per month for free. No credit card is required.
Above 250 Mails per month, the price per Mails processed starts at $0.10 and can decrease to $0.01 per Mails depending on the monthly volume. See the pricing page for more information.
US Mail OCR : What are the supported countries?
What are the supported countries?
Our US Mail OCR API is based on our computer vision technology that doesn't rely on text to extract the Mails data, but only on the image. This removes the language limitations.
The OCR was trained with US Mail from more than 50 countries and works on US Mails from all around the world for numeric fields, and all Latin alphabet countries for text ones.
US Mail OCR : How complicated is it to integrate the API?
How complicated is it to integrate the API?
Mindee's API follows HTTP standards in order to allow any developer to integrate the US Mail OCR API into their applications easily.
We also offer a set of client libraries in all the main back-end languages, and an open-source UI toolkit that helps create front-end features. You can check out our open-source repository or our API documentation for more details.
US Mail OCR : What is the OCR accuracy?
What is the OCR accuracy?
Our US Mail OCR's accuracy is above 90%, with precision above 95% for most of the fields. These performances are computed on a data set including more than 50 countries.
Testing our OCR API is free, all you need is an account. Feel free to drop US Mails in the live interface to see the OCR performance on your data.
US Mail OCR : What's the average API response time?
What's the average API response time?
The processing time is around 1.3 seconds per page for pdfs and 0.9 seconds for a Mail image.
We often improve this processing time and our target is below 500ms. Our goal is to make sure you can create real-time user experiences in your application.
US Mail OCR : Does the OCR work on low-quality images?
Does the OCR work on low-quality images?
Yes, the OCR was trained on a lot of US Mail from a wide variety of layouts and image quality and learned to process the most complex ones.
We also use data augmentation to make sure that no blur or ink stains prevent the OCR from reading the data as long as it's readable.
Do you offer technical support?
We have a Slack community where you can ask your questions and chat with our team.
We don't do the integration in your infrastructure ourselves but we can set up a custom level of support on a per-case basis if needed.