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Re:OCRmyPDF: Add an OCR text layer to scanned PDF file by yoquan on Friday July 08, 2022 @10:53PM (#32031045)
DocTR: https://github.com/mindee/doctr

It also has TensorFlow.js version to run in-browser: https://blog.tensorflow.org/2022/06/ocr-in-browser-using-ten...

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Re:OCRmyPDF: Add an OCR text layer to scanned PDF file by no-reply on Saturday July 09, 2022 @12:20AM (#32031630)
Demo: https://demo-doctr-tensorflowjs.mindee.com/
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Re:OCRmyPDF: Add an OCR text layer to scanned PDF file by amelius on Saturday July 09, 2022 @05:58AM (#32033504)
Thanks, I tried it but it has the same problem as: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32033480 and is actually a bit worse.
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Re:OCRmyPDF: Add an OCR text layer to scanned PDF file by jwilk on Saturday July 09, 2022 @03:18AM (#32032685)
Does it actually work? I haven't managed to make it produce anything but empty pages.

Also, I didn't appreciate that it downloaded models behind my back.

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