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0 pointsjiaweihli10y ago0 comments

Have you looked into ocropy[0]?

Here's a nice intro[1] that later talks about how it achieves higher accuracy using an LSTM model[2].

[1] http://www.danvk.org/2015/01/09/extracting-text-from-an-imag...

[2] http://www.danvk.org/2015/01/11/training-an-ocropus-ocr-mode...

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I have not. It sounds interesting but raw and unsuitable for end-users. I hope the quality improves and they can get it packaged up in a way that existing document scanners can plug into easily.

jahewson10y ago

Note that the primary author of ocropy (formerly ocropus) works at Google.

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cfcef10y ago

I have not. It sounds interesting but raw and unsuitable for end-users. I hope the quality improves and they can get it packaged up in a way that existing document scanners can plug into easily.

jahewson10y ago

Note that the primary author of ocropy (formerly ocropus) works at Google.

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