OCR on 2,165 pages of historic books: runaway loops down to 1, 1881 volume errors cut 38%
vanstriendaniel · x · 2026-11-04
A hands-on OCR test across 2,165 pages of historic books reports concrete numbers: runaway loops dropped from 3 to 1, and errors on the 1881 volume fell 38%, with other volumes unchanged.
The author is careful to note it isn't magic or a suddenly perfect OCR model — on scripts it can't read, it still writes garbage, just much less of it.
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