@AdinaYakup: Big update from @Baidu_Inc @PaddlePaddle Baidu's PaddleOCR now supports Transformers as an inference backend Really coo…
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Baidu's PaddleOCR now supports Transformers as an inference backend, making it easier to integrate with the Hugging Face ecosystem.
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✨Big update from @Baidu_Inc @PaddlePaddle
Baidu’s PaddleOCR now supports Transformers as an inference backend 🔥 Really cool to see it becoming easier to use within the @huggingface ecosystem! https://t.co/ttijJpGT3U
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