Hacker News with Generative AI: OCR

Ask HN: What is the best method for turning a scanned book as a PDF into text? (ycombinator.com)
I like reading philosophy, particularly from the authors rather than a secondhand account.
Text Extraction, OCR, Philosophy, Digital Books
201 points by resource_waste 6 days ago | 107 comments
Benchmarking vision-language models on OCR in dynamic video environments (arxiv.org)
This paper introduces an open-source benchmark for evaluating Vision-Language Models (VLMs) on Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tasks in dynamic video environments.
Computer Vision, OCR, Video Processing, Benchmarking, Open Source
142 points by ashu_trv 6 days ago | 58 comments
OCR Crypto Stealers in Google Play and App Store (securelist.com)
In March 2023, researchers at ESET discovered malware implants embedded into various messaging app mods. Some of these scanned users’ image galleries in search of crypto wallet access recovery phrases. The search employed an OCR model which selected images on the victim’s device to exfiltrate and send to the C2 server. The campaign, which targeted Android and Windows users, saw the malware spread through unofficial sources.
Mobile Security, Malware, Cryptocurrency, OCR, Android
35 points by shifty1 15 days ago | 5 comments
Liberate tabular data from scanned documents (blog.wzb.eu)
During the last months I often had to deal with the problem of extracting tabular data from scanned documents.
Data Extraction, OCR, Document Processing
6 points by leonry 64 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Adventures in OCR (medusis.com)
This past few weeks I've been working on OCRing an ancient book: a late 19th century edition of 18th century memoirs, in French: Les Mémoires de Saint-Simon.
OCR, Historical Research, Projects, Software
126 points by bambax 65 days ago | 45 comments
Show HN: High-accuracy OCR API for receipts/invoice with easy customisation (visionparser.com)
Welcome to the next level of document automation! Our innovative OCR API, powered by state-of-the-art Generative AI, gives you a flexible solution that fits your unique workflow and business requirements. Experience exceptional accuracy, speed, affordability and customisation.
OCR, Generative AI, Business, Automation, Software
21 points by salihkoodathil 68 days ago | 6 comments
Llama-OCR: Document to Markdown (llamaocr.com)
Upload an image to turn it into structured markdown
OCR, Markdown, AI, Tools
293 points by lapnect 97 days ago | 96 comments
Show HN: I launched a super cheap and simple to use OCR tool for macOS (textcapture.app)
Ever tried to quickly copy and paste some text, only to realize it's unselectable or embedded in a video or image? That happens to me all the time!
macOS, OCR, Software, Productivity Tools
24 points by auden_pierce 109 days ago | 41 comments
Show HN: PDF to MD by LLMs – Extract Text/Tables/Image Descriptives by GPT4o (github.com/yigitkonur)
Swift OCR: LLM Powered Fast OCR ⚡
Open Source, Language Models, OCR, Text Extraction
191 points by yigitkonur35 152 days ago | 91 comments
General OCR Theory: Towards OCR-2.0 via a Unified End-to-End Model (huggingface.co)
Traditional OCR systems (OCR-1.0) are increasingly unable to meet people's usage due to the growing demand for intelligent processing of man-made optical characters.
OCR, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
31 points by ac1spkrbox 162 days ago | 2 comments
Show HN: LLM-aided OCR – Correcting Tesseract OCR errors with LLMs (github.com/Dicklesworthstone)
OCR, LLMs, Generative AI, Software, Open Source
479 points by eigenvalue 195 days ago | 172 comments
Show HN: Zerox – Document OCR with GPT-mini (github.com/getomni-ai)
OCR, GPT, Open Source, Show HN, AI
246 points by themanmaran 212 days ago | 98 comments
Ask HN: How to OCR a PDF and preserve whitespace? (ycombinator.com)
OCR, PDF, Data Extraction, Programming
26 points by GirkovArpa 258 days ago | 17 comments
OCR Tools for Mac, iOS and Windows (rorybowcott.com)
OCR, Software, Mac, iOS, Windows
17 points by silkySloth 263 days ago | 5 comments
Extracting Words from Scanned Books: A Step-by-Step Tutorial with Python, OpenCV (github.com/feitgemel)
Computer Vision, Python, Text Extraction, Tutorials, OCR
20 points by thunderbong 281 days ago | 2 comments