DeepSeek-OCR (LT) — OCR AI Model

DeepSeek OCR reads handwriting, mixed-language pages and awkward layouts that trip lighter engines, returning markdown beside a text-overlay image. GPU-heavy, thirty to sixty seconds; worth it on a hard page.

Details

  • CategoryOCR
  • Year2025
  • LicenseMIT

Compliance & Provenance

  • ProviderOpen-source · Specialized
  • EU AI Act RiskMinimal Risk
  • Art. 50 TransparencyNot applicable

Inputs & Outputs

  • ImageInput · image

    Source image containing text to recognize

  • ImageOutput · image

    Detected texts as an image

  • TextOutput · string

    Detected texts as markdown

Tags

  • ocr
  • text-recognition
  • multi-language
  • document
  • text-extraction
  • gpu-heavy

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