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PaddleOCR 3.5 Integrates Transformers Backend
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Why it matters
- →Provides developers with more flexibility in choosing inference backends for OCR tasks.
- →Enhances integration with Hugging Face-centered environments, leveraging existing infrastructure.
- →Simplifies the process of converting complex documents into structured data for AI applications.
PaddleOCR 3.5 now supports a Transformers backend, allowing developers to run OCR and document parsing tasks within Hugging Face-centered environments. This integration provides a more flexible inference-engine interface, enabling developers to choose the backend that best fits their needs. By using the Transformers backend, PaddleOCR models can be more easily integrated into existing PyTorch and Transformers workflows. This update is particularly beneficial for developers working on RAG, Document AI, and other applications that require reliable document ingestion.
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