21. The system of claim 20 wherein the method further includes: ascertaining an authenticity characteristic in the image; and providing the authenticity characteristic for biometric verification.
20. A system comprising: a processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable to perform a method, the method including: receiving an image of an identity document, the image being produced using a video stream; improving the image, wherein the improving includes removing blurring, adjusting brightness, and adjusting colors; recognizing a plurality of text elements in the image using optical character recognition; finding a document template of a plurality of templates having a high degree of coincidence with the image using a substantially rectangular shape of the image overall, at least one of the text elements, and a respective location in the image for the at least one text element; associating each of the text elements with a respective field of the document template using the text elements and a respective location in the image for each of the text elements; placing at least one of the associated text elements in a respective field of a form, the respective field of the form corresponding to the respective associated field of the document template; and making the completed form accessible on the system.