diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4e82b4f925482d1eae0e68bcd6089da2d4799f88..ca5fdd916dde47776153ec3214ea68bcbf7c4713 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ English | [简体中文](README_ch.md) ## Introduction -PaddleOCR aims to create rich, leading, and practical OCR tools that help users train better models and apply them into practice. +PaddleOCR aims to create multilingual, awesome, leading, and practical OCR tools that help users train better models and apply them into practice. **Recent updates** - 2020.9.22 Update the PP-OCR technical article, https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.09941 - 2020.9.19 Update the ultra lightweight compressed ppocr_mobile_slim series models, the overall model size is 3.5M (see [PP-OCR Pipeline](#PP-OCR-Pipeline)), suitable for mobile deployment. [Model Downloads](#Supported-Chinese-model-list) - 2020.9.17 Update the ultra lightweight ppocr_mobile series and general ppocr_server series Chinese and English ocr models, which are comparable to commercial effects. [Model Downloads](#Supported-Chinese-model-list) -- 2020.9.17 update [English recognition model](./doc/doc_en/models_list_en.md#english-recognition-model) and [Multilingual recognition model](doc/doc_en/models_list_en.md#english-recognition-model), `German`, `French`, `Japanese` and `Korean` have been supported. Models for more languages will continue to be updated. +- 2020.9.17 update [English recognition model](./doc/doc_en/models_list_en.md#english-recognition-model) and [Multilingual recognition model](doc/doc_en/models_list_en.md#english-recognition-model), `English`, `Chinese`, `German`, `French`, `Japanese` and `Korean` have been supported. Models for more languages will continue to be updated. - 2020.8.24 Support the use of PaddleOCR through whl package installation，please refer [PaddleOCR Package](./doc/doc_en/whl_en.md) - 2020.8.21 Update the replay and PPT of the live lesson at Bilibili on August 18, lesson 2, easy to learn and use OCR tool spree. [Get Address](https://aistudio.baidu.com/aistudio/education/group/info/1519) - [more](./doc/doc_en/update_en.md) @@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ Mobile DEMO experience (based on EasyEdge and Paddle-Lite, supports iOS and Andr | Chinese and English ultra-lightweight OCR model (8.1M) | ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_xx | Mobile & server | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/det/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_det_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/det/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_det_train.tar) | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/cls/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_cls_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/cls/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_cls_train.tar) | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/rec/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_rec_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/rec/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_rec_pre.tar) | | Chinese and English general OCR model (155.1M) | ch_ppocr_server_v1.1_xx | Server | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/server/det/ch_ppocr_server_v1.1_det_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/server/det/ch_ppocr_server_v1.1_det_train.tar) | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/cls/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_cls_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/cls/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_cls_train.tar) | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/server/rec/ch_ppocr_server_v1.1_rec_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/server/rec/ch_ppocr_server_v1.1_rec_pre.tar) | | Chinese and English ultra-lightweight compressed OCR model (3.5M) | ch_ppocr_mobile_slim_v1.1_xx | Mobile | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile-slim/det/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_det_prune_infer.tar) / [slim model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/lite/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_det_prune_opt.nb) | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/cls/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_cls_quant_infer.tar) / [slim model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/lite/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_cls_quant_opt.nb) | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile-slim/rec/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_rec_quant_infer.tar) / [slim model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/lite/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_rec_quant_opt.nb) | +| French ultra-lightweight OCR model (4.6M) | french_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_xx | Mobile & server | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/det/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_det_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/det/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_det_train.tar) | - | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/fr/french_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_rec_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/fr/french_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_rec_train.tar) | +| German ultra-lightweight OCR model (4.6M) | german_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_xx | Mobile & server | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/det/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_det_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/det/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_det_train.tar) | - |[inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/ge/german_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_rec_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/ge/german_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_rec_train.tar) | +| Korean ultra-lightweight OCR model (5.9M) | korean_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_xx | Mobile & server | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/det/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_det_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/det/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_det_train.tar) | - |[inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/kr/korean_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_rec_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/kr/korean_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_rec_train.tar)| +| Japan ultra-lightweight OCR model (6.2M) | japan_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_xx | Mobile & server | [inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/det/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_det_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/det/ch_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_det_train.tar) | - |[inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/jp/japan_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_rec_infer.tar) / [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/20-09-22/mobile/jp/japan_ppocr_mobile_v1.1_rec_train.tar) | For more model downloads (including multiple languages), please refer to [PP-OCR v1.1 series model downloads](./doc/doc_en/models_list_en.md) @@ -136,6 +140,23 @@ PP-OCR is a practical ultra-lightweight OCR system. It is mainly composed of thr + +## Guideline for new language request + +If you want to request a new language support, a PR with 2 following files are needed： + +1. In folder [ppocr/utils/corpus](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/tree/develop/ppocr/utils/corpus), +it is necessary to submit the corpus text to this path and name it with `{language}_corpus.txt` that contains a list of all characters. Please see the format example from other files in that folder. + +2. In folder [ppocr/utils/dict](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/tree/develop/ppocr/utils/dict), +it is necessary to submit the dict to this path and name it with `{language}_dict.txt` that contains a list of words in your language. +Maybe, 50000 words per language is necessary at least. +Of course, the more, the better. + +If your language has unique elements, please tell me in advance within any way, such as useful links, wikipedia and so on. + +More details, see [Multilingual OCR Development Plan](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/issues/1048) + ## License