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Description
🚀 The feature
Currently, all text detection models in docTR do not seem to identify special characters like bullet points, check boxes, etc. (likely because the training data is so) - attaching sample outputs (clipped screenshots of document pages). We should be able to detect these symbols to increase detection coverage to all text present on a page.
Bullet points:
Checkboxes:
Motivation, pitch
Symbols like bullet points, checkboxes, etc. form an integral part of the text content of many types of documents in general and OCR should be able to detect as well as recognize these symbols to increase coverage to all text present on the page.
Alternatives
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Additional context
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