Just because the parent's example of in-browser OCR involves a SaaS API, doesn't mean in-browser OCR inherently has to involve a SaaS API. OCR runs just as well on your own computer. Heck, phones could run the original realtime WordLens software just fine, and that was 10 years ago.
(Offline) OCR models should really be everywhere now, just like offline speech-to-text models are. It's kind of surprising that it's not just "a thing" built into every OS.
(Offline) OCR models should really be everywhere now, just like offline speech-to-text models are. It's kind of surprising that it's not just "a thing" built into every OS.