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I tested 8 local OCR readers on tax documents (thought would be useful sharing real results)

Reader Clean Simulated scan Simulated photo Invented numbers, all 3 conditions Seconds/page LightOnOCR-2 (1B) 100% 100% 100% 0 12–17 Nemotron Parse 99.5% 99.0% 98.6% 1 16–31 GLM-OCR 99.1% 98.4% 97.9% 0 11–15 Apple document reader 96.2% 99.0% 99.3% 4 0.4 Apple Vision, strips 98.3% 99.3% 99.1% 25 1–3…

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  1. 2026-10-24 21:09 · r/computervision
    I tested 8 local OCR readers on tax documents (thought would be useful sharing real results)

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