A comparative study benchmarks eight open-source lightweight VLMs (up to 7B parameters) for OCR-to-JSON extraction on university heritage collections, highlighting open alternatives to closed-source APIs.

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https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.11818

Manual entry of identity-document details can slow down digital forms. An Aadhaar OCR API can extract fields like name, address, DOB, ID number, gender, and father’s name, helping applications reduce repetitive data entry and process documents faster.

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