If a dictionary satisfies your definition of a language model, yes, with predictably poor results[1]. If I understand correctly, Google Books approach[2] repres

If a dictionary satisfies your definition of a language model, yes, with predictably poor results[1]. If I understand correctly, Google Books approach[2] represented a major improvement in accuracy of automated OCR (and this is for printed text!), but I would venture to say that implementing a language model like this would be far beyond the scope of a 'tiny project'. [1] https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/docs/Limits_on_the_Application_of_Frequency-based_Language_Models_to_OCR.pdf https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/docs/Limits_on_the_Applicati... [2] https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/docs/Improving_Book_OCR_by_Adaptive_Language_and_Image_Models.pdf https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/docs/Improving_Book_OCR_by_A...