New open-source OCR model hits 85.9% SOTA on olmocr bench at 4B params, but is it enough?
srchvrs · x · 2026-10-13
A new fully open-source OCR model is drawing attention: 85.9% SOTA on olmocr bench, 90+ language support with benchmarks, shrunken from 9B to 4B params, full layout information, image/diagram extraction and captioning, plus strong handwriting, math, form and table support. Skeptics counter that OCR SOTA remains below 90% and question whether 85% accuracy suffices for high-precision use cases.
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