OCR benchmark fairness: postprocessing and formatting conventions skew scores
VikParuchuri · x · 2026-10-11
Vik Paruchuri explains why OCR evaluation is tricky: models differ in how much postprocessing they apply, and mismatches between output formatting conventions and test expectations make scores unfair.
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