- 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, suitable for mobile deployment.
- 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)
- 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 Pipline](../../README.md#PP-OCR-Pipline)), suitable for mobile deployment. [Model Downloads](../../README.md#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](../../README.md#Supported-Chinese-model-list)
- 2020.9.17 update [English recognition model](./models_list_en.md#english-recognition-model) and [Multilingual recognition model](./models_list_en.md#english-recognition-model), `German`, `French`, `Japanese` and `Korean` have been supported. Models for more languages will continue to be updated.
- 2020.8.24 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)
