diff --git a/Data-Files-in-tessdata_fast.md b/Data-Files-in-tessdata_fast.md index 80acbfd..71e4d69 100644 --- a/Data-Files-in-tessdata_fast.md +++ b/Data-Files-in-tessdata_fast.md @@ -2,17 +2,20 @@ We have three sets of .traineddata files for tesseract on GitHub in three separate repositories. -* https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tessdata_fast (September 15, 2017, use for OCR) -* https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tessdata_best (September 15, 2017, use for finetune training) -* https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tessdata (November 2016, supports legacy tesseract engine also) +* [tessdata_fast](https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tessdata_fast) (Sep 2017) best "value for money" in speed vs accuracy, Integer models +* [tessdata_best](https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tessdata_best) (Sep 2017) best results on the eval data, slower, Float models, can be used as base for finetune training +* [tessdata](https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tessdata) (Nov 2016) supports legacy tesseract engine also When using the models in the **`tessdata_best`** and **`tessdata_fast`** repositories, only the new LSTM-based OCR engine is supported. The legacy tesseract engine is NOT supported with these files, so Tesseract's oem modes '0' and '2' won't work with them. ## Information specific to tessdata_fast +First, fast is trained with a spec that produces a smaller net than best. As a result of smaller model, the prediction will be faster. +Then, the float->int conversion is done, which further reduces the size of the model and makes it even faster if your CPU supports AVX2. + ### Usage -Most users will use **`tessdata_fast`** for OCR as that is what will be shipped as part of Linux distributions and will provide accurate and fast recognition. +Most users will use **`tessdata_fast`** for OCR as that is what will be shipped as part of Debian and Ubuntu distributions and will provide accurate and fast recognition. ### Version string : 4.00.00alpha : [Network specification]