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I had no idea that macOS/iOS now had built in OCR! Any idea on how this compares to tessaract (or other local OCR). I currently have an Alfred workflow that i
by upbeat_general 5y ago
I had no idea that macOS/iOS now had built in OCR!
Any idea on how this compares to tessaract (or other local OCR).
I currently have an Alfred workflow that invokes tessaract and it works decently well but the accuracy could be better.
- schappim 5y agoI’ve tried with Tesseract, the Vision API, Google Vision and Azure’s equivalent (also kicked off using an Alfred workflow). By far the best for text was Google Vision and then Azure. Whilst Google Cloud and Azure both also do handwriting recognition, Azure did better at this. The cloud platforms performed better than pure on device with Apple’s vision API outperforming Tesseract.
- upbeat_general 5y agoGood to know! I thought most cloud OCR services were paid only but it turns out google vision has 1000 free invocations a month with Azure at 5000. That should be plenty for most people (certainly for me). Do you have the source for those workflows/would you be willing to share them?