After Two Years of Training OCR Models, Handwriting Is Nearly Solved
VikParuchuri · x · 2026-10-02
@VikParuchuri, author of popular open-source OCR tools, shares that after two years of training OCR models, progress on handwriting recognition has been astonishing — from barely readable to almost perfect transcription. He says he's been lucky to play a small part in the field's improvement and is excited to keep solving edge cases, noting that while the shown page is near-perfect, many are not.
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