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Transforming Unstructured Data into Actionable Insights with Amazon Bedrock Data Automation

Speaker: Hafiz Syed Ashir Hassan @ AWS Amarathon 2025

Summary by Amazon Nova



Problem Statement:

  • Organisations struggle with unstructured data in various formats (documents, images, audio, video).

  • Manual processing is slow, inconsistent, and costly.

  • Existing automation systems are rigid, requiring templates, rules, and manual corrections.

  • Increasing demand for compliance, accuracy, and scalability.

  • Need for automating multi-format data processing with high accuracy using generative AI.

What is Bedrock Data Automation (BDA)?:

  • A fully-managed document and media automation capability in Amazon Web Services.

  • Enables building end-to-end extraction, classification, and transformation pipelines using foundation models.

  • Processes documents, images, audio, and video at scale.

  • Orchestrates multi-step workflows using serverless automation.

  • Minimises custom code while maximising flexibility.

Input Asset:

  • [ 1 ] Supports various formats:

  • Documents (PDF, DOCX, scanned, structured/unstructured)

  • Images (PNG, JPG)

  • Audio (voice notes, call recordings)

  • Video (meetings, CCTV, webinars)

  • [ 2 ] Offers two types of output instructions:

  • Standard Output Configuration

  • Custom Schema based on matched blueprint

Output Response:

  • Linearized Text representation of the asset based on configuration.

  • Output returned as JSON + additional files if selected in configuration.

  • Supported Formats & Information BDA Extracts:

  • [ 1 ] Documents:

  • Extracts fields, tables, entities

  • Classifies, transforms, summarises, and validates

  • [ 2 ] Images:

  • Offers OCR, document classification, object detection, and handwriting extraction

  • [ 3 ] Audio:

  • Provides transcription, summarisation, sentiment analysis, speaker detection, and intent extraction

  • [ 4 ] Video:

  • Offers video summaries, speech-to-text, scene detection, object recognition, and action understanding

Standard Output vs Custom Output (Blueprints):

  • [ 1 ] Standard Output:

  • Out-of-the-box extraction

  • Ideal for common documents

  • Zero setup, quick results

  • [ 2 ] Custom Output:

  • Based on blueprints

  • Allows for prompt or user-defined blueprints

  • Accelerates setup and maintains consistency

  • Suitable for industry-specific or complex documents



Types of Document Blueprints:

  • [ 1 ] Classification:

  • Invoice, bank statement, ID card, contract, HR letter, etc.

  • [ 2 ] Extraction:

  • Entities, fields, tables, metadata

  • [ 3 ] Transformation:

  • Modify or restructure data

  • [ 4 ] Normalization:

  • Standardise data values

  • [ 5 ] Validation:

  • Validate extracted fields against rules

Use Cases:

  • [ 1 ] Banking & Finance:

  • Automate bank statements, invoices, receipts, fraud checks

  • [ 2 ] Insurance:

  • Claims processing from forms, photos, reports

  • Auto-summaries, extraction, validation

  • [ 3 ] Customer Support:

  • Transcribe & summarize calls

  • Detect sentiment and customer intent

  • [ 4 ] HR & Legal:

  • Process resumes, contracts, offer letters

  • Extract skills, clauses, obligations

  • [ 5 ] Security & Operations:

  • Summaries from meeting recordings

  • CCTV context extraction (people, actions)

Key Takeaways:

  • Bedrock Data Automation (BDA) is a comprehensive, customizable, and scalable solution.

  • [ 1 ] One Platform for All Formats:

  • Automates document, image, audio, and video processing.

  • [ 2 ] Customizability:

  • Delivers highly accurate and customizable outputs using advanced foundation models.

  • Ensures trustworthy and consistent insights tailored to any business workflow.

  • [ 3 ] Enterprise-Ready:

  • Scales to thousands of files with high accuracy and compliance.

  • [ 4 ] Faster, Cheaper, Smarter:

  • Reduces manual workload and delivers clean, structured outputs instantly.



Team:

AWS FSI Customer Acceleration Hong Kong

AWS Amarathon Fan Club

AWS Community Builder Hong Kong

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