# RECENT UPDATES
- 2020.8.24 Support the use of PaddleOCR through whl package installation，pelease refer  [PaddleOCR Package](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/blob/develop/doc/doc_en/whl_en.md)
- 2020.8.16 Release text detection algorithm [SAST](https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.05498) and text recognition algorithm [SRN](https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.12294)
- 2020.7.23, Release the playback and PPT of live class on BiliBili station, PaddleOCR Introduction, [address](https://aistudio.baidu.com/aistudio/course/introduce/1519)
- 2020.7.15, Add mobile App demo , support both iOS and  Android  ( based on easyedge and Paddle Lite)
- 2020.7.15, Improve the  deployment ability, add the C + +  inference , serving deployment. In addtion, the benchmarks of the ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR model are provided.
- 2020.7.15, Add several related datasets, data annotation and synthesis tools.
- 2020.7.9 Add a new model to support recognize the  character "space".
- 2020.7.9 Add the data augument and learning rate decay strategies during training.
- 2020.6.8 Add [datasets](./doc/doc_en/datasets_en.md) and keep updating
- 2020.6.5 Support exporting `attention` model to `inference_model`
- 2020.6.5 Support separate prediction and recognition, output result score
- 2020.6.5 Support exporting `attention` model to `inference_model`
- 2020.6.5 Support separate prediction and recognition, output result score
- 2020.5.30 Provide Lightweight Chinese OCR online experience
- 2020.5.30 Model prediction and training support on Windows system
- 2020.5.30 Open source general Chinese OCR model
- 2020.5.14 Release [PaddleOCR Open Class](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1nf4y1U7RX?p=4)
- 2020.5.14 Release [PaddleOCR Practice Notebook](https://aistudio.baidu.com/aistudio/projectdetail/467229)
- 2020.5.14 Open source 8.6M lightweight Chinese OCR model