Do We Still Need Ocr? an Implementation of a Pure Vision-Based Agent

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The article explores an alternative to OCR using a pure vision-based agent, sparking discussion on the potential of computer vision to replace traditional OCR methods.

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mingtianzhangAuthor

3 months ago

We discuss the limitations of the classic OCR pipeline and provide a pure vision-based RAG system for document analysis (https://github.com/VectifyAI/PageIndex/blob/main/cookbook/vi...)

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