OCR

Tencent’s GL-PGENet improves document image with two-step process
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Tencent’s GL-PGENet improves document image with two-step process

GL-PGENet reached an SSIM score of 0.9480 on the RealDAE dataset, outperforming previous benchmarks by a substantial margin.
Aditi Indra · · 2 min read
Mistral launches OCR tool for fast document processing
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Mistral launches OCR tool for fast document processing

Mistral OCR is available on Mistral’s developer platform, with a pricing structure of US$1 for every 1,000 pages.
Diya Lal · · 1 min read
SG firm aspires to be Stripe of AI services
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SG firm aspires to be Stripe of AI services

JigsawStack, which aims to streamline AI integration into websites via APIs, has raised US$500,000 in pre-seed funding.
Scott Shuey · · 4 min read
Japanese office supply giant introduces business card scanners for individuals and companies

Japanese office supply giant introduces business card scanners for individuals and companies

King Jim announced two new business card scanners that promise to organize and store contacts in an easily searchable manner.
J.T. Quigley · · 3 min read

Waygo’s point-and-shoot translation app hits Android; next stop Google Glass?

Rogowski eventually wants to put Waygo on Google Glass – just look at text in a different language and the translation will pop up in front of your eyes.
Paul Bischoff · · 2 min read

After scanning 1 million Chinese phrases last year, visual translator app Waygo adds support for Japanese

Waygo, the visual translator app that impressed us back in 2012, has undergone a major update so that it supports scanning and converting Japanese text. When Waygo app was first
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Baidu’s image-recognition software isn’t perfect, but it’s super smart and will make you laugh

Baidu, the Chinese internet giant that made its name with search, just released an updated version of its Baidu Translate app yesterday for iOS. In addition to the usual type-input,
Josh Horwitz · · 5 min read

Waigo App is a Pair of Eyes That Helps You Get a Bellyful of Chinese Food

I must admit that I really love apps that do something enormously useful, thereby taking the strain off of my slowly vegetating brain. The less I have to strain the
Steven Millward · · 4 min read

Tencent’s OCR App Gets a Fresh Pair of Eyes, Now More Like Google Goggles

Last September I reviewed a new translation app from China’s Tencent (HKG:0700) that uses OCR technology to read words, via the phone’s camera, and automagically translate them. Now the app,
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Bing Translator App for WP7 Can Now Speak, Read, Scan Chinese

Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Phone platform has just given itself an interesting linguistic edge in China by adding support for translating to/from Chinese in its Bing Translator app. This now works
Steven Millward · · 2 min read