PaddleOCR releases PP-OCRv6 with models from 1.5M to 34.5M parameters

PaddlePaddle has released PP-OCRv6, a new OCR model series in Tiny, Small, and Medium sizes at 1.5M, 7.7M, and 34.5M parameters.

The models reportedly improve detection accuracy by 4.9% and recognition accuracy by 5.1% over PP-OCRv5, with up to 5.2× faster CPU inference via OpenVINO. The unified model supports 50 languages and new scenarios including PCB, CAD drawings, digital tubes, and dot-matrix text, under Apache 2.0.