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FineBooks finds cheaper OCR can better clean old books for AI
Key Takeaways
- FineBooks benchmarked 14 open-weight OCR models on 2,165 historical book pages.
- Top systems reportedly exceeded 97% character accuracy at under $2 per 1,000 pages.
- Researchers say the output is good enough for AI training, but not yet reliable enough for scholarly use.
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