PaddleOCR aims to create rich, leading, and practical OCR tools that help users train better models and apply them into practice.
**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)
