11. The method of claim 10 further comprising: ascertaining an authenticity characteristic in the image; and providing the authenticity characteristic for biometric verification.
10. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving an image of an identity document, the image being produced using a video stream; recognizing a plurality of text 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; making the completed form accessible on a system; placing at least one of the associated text elements in a respective field of a second form, the respective field of the second form corresponding to the respective associated field of the document template; and making the second completed form accessible on a system.