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New multi-expert routing system improves low-resource Manchu OCR

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Researchers have developed a multi-expert routing system for low-resource optical character recognition (OCR) specifically for historical Manchu documents. This system utilizes checkpoints from iterative fine-tuning as domain specialists and employs a lightweight classifier to dispatch pages based on visual style. When a suitable specialist is unavailable, a new expert is trained for that domain. The system demonstrated strong performance, matching selected specialists with high precision across different Manchu script styles and achieving 99.3% page-level domain accuracy. AI

IMPACT This research could enable better digital preservation and accessibility of historical documents with limited labeled data.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper detailing a novel method for low-resource OCR.

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhan Chen, Jiqiao Ma, Chih-wen Kuo ·

    Multi-Expert Routing for Multi-Domain Low-Resource OCR: A Manchu Case Study

    arXiv:2607.14041v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Historical Manchu OCR must accommodate various visually distinct writing styles, including regular script, running script, and the semi-cursive chancery hand used in palace memorials, despite limited labeled data. We study a multi…

  2. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Chih-wen Kuo ·

    Multi-Expert Routing for Multi-Domain Low-Resource OCR: A Manchu Case Study

    Historical Manchu OCR must accommodate various visually distinct writing styles, including regular script, running script, and the semi-cursive chancery hand used in palace memorials, despite limited labeled data. We study a multi-expert system that reuses checkpoints from an ite…

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