Of course, this depends on the hardware level of the CPU and GPU. According to info from Paddle OCR (source: 使用教程 - PaddleOCR 文档), generally GPUs will be 3x~8x faster than CPUs.
However, if one wishes to create a textual dictionary, OCR models of this scale may not be sufficient (e.g., PaddleOCR doesn’t seem to support IPA). A larger model PaddleOCR-VL may be a better choice.
I tested with the page images obtained from the internet:
And this is the result with PaddleOCR-VL — In my opinion, it is already quite satisfactory:
## ways of cooking
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grill (BrE) / broil (AmE)
## bake verb See also the entry for COOK
take • fry • roast • grill • broil • toast • barbecue
these are all words for ways of cooking food.
## ATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
to fry/ roast/ grill/ broil/ barbecue chicken
to fry/ grill/ barbecue a steak
to fry/ grill/ barbecue sausages
to bake/ fry/ grill/ broil fish
to fry/ grill bacon
to bake/ fry/ roast potatoes
to bake/ fry/ toast bread
to roast/ toast nuts
ake [T, I] to cook food, especially bread, cakes and potatoes, in an oven without extra fat or liquid; to be cooked in this way: baked potatoes ◇ I'm baking a birthday cake for Alex. ◇ I'm baking Alex a cake. ◼ Bake is not used about cooking meat; use roast instead. See also baking → COOKING
y [T, I] to cook sth in hot fat or oil; to be cooked in this way: fried fish/eggs ◇ I woke up to the smell of bacon frying.
past [T, I] to cook meat without liquid in an oven or over fire; to cook vegetables in oil or fat in an oven; to cook nuts or beans in order to dry them and turn them brown; to be cooked in any of these ways: You should boil the potatoes for a little before you roast them. The smell of roasting meat came from the kitchen. The past participle of roast is usually roasted, except when it is used before noun, when roast is usually used: roast beef/chicken/potatoes/parsnips However, roasted beef/chicken/potatoes/parsnips However, roasted is used to describe nuts and beans: roasted chestnuts/coffee beans/peanuts
ill [T] to cook food under or over a very strong heat: Grill he sausages for ten minutes, turning occasionally. At night we used to grill steaks over charcoal in the open air. Food can be grilled in an oven under the grill (BrE) or broiler (AmE), or outdoors over a fire; however, it is even more frequent to talk about barbecuing food that is booked outdoors.
broil [T] (AmE) to cook meat or fish under direct heat: We ate broiled chicken with vegetables. In British English use grill for this.
toast [T, I] to make sth, especially bread, turn brown by heating it in a toaster or close to heat; to turn brown in this way: a toasted sandwich ◇ Place under a hot grill until the nuts have toasted.
barbecue /'bɑːbɪkjʊː; AmE 'bɑːrb-/ [T] to cook food on a barbecue (= a metal frame on or over an open fire outdoors): barbecued chicken
## ban noun
## ban · sanction · boycott · embargo · prohibition · moratorium · veto · taboo
These are all words for a rule, order or custom which does not allow people to do sth or for the act of stopping sth from being done.
## PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
a ban/sanctions/a boycott/an embargo/a prohibition/a veto/a moratorium/a taboo on sb/sth
a ban/sanctions/a boycott/an embargo/a prohibition/a veto/a taboo against sb/sth
a total ban/boycott/embargo/prohibition/moratorium
(an) international ban/sanctions/boycott/embargo/moratorium
(a) trade ban / sanctions / boycott / embargo
(an) economic sanctions/ boycott/ embargo
to impose a ban/sanctions/a boycott/an embargo/a prohibition/a moratorium/a veto
to call for/introduce a ban/sanctions/a boycott/a prohibition/a moratorium
to enforce/tighten/ease a ban/sanctions/an embargo
▶ to comply with a ban/sanctions/a prohibition
▶ to break a ban/sanctions/an embargo/a taboo
to lift a ban/sanctions/a boycott/an embargo/a prohibition/a veto
a ban/sanctions/an embargo come/comes into force
ban [C] an official rule that says that sth is not allowed; the fact of sb being officially stopped from doing sth for a period of time as a punishment: There is to be a total ban on smoking in the office. ◇ The students took to the streets, defying a ban on political gatherings. ◇ The sprinter received a lengthy ban for failing a drugs test. ◇ He faces a possible life ban from international football.
sanction /'sæŋkʃn/ [C, usually pl.] an official order that limits trade or contact with a particular country, in order to make it do sth, such as obeying international law: Trade sanctions were imposed against any country that refused to sign the agreement.
boycott/ˈbɔɪkɒt; AmE -kɑːt/ [C] the act of refusing to buy, use or take part in sth as a way of protesting: Opposition groups declared a boycott of the elections. ◇ The group is calling for a consumer boycott of the company’s products. See also boycott → AVOID verb
embargo /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ; AmE ɪmˈbɑːrɡəʊ/ [C] an official order that forbids trade with another country, sometimes of a particular type of goods: There is a strict embargo on oil imports. ◇ We knew the arms embargo was being broken.
prohibition /ˌprəʊˈbɪʃn; AmE ˌprəʊəˈb- / ʌ, C] the act of stopping sth being done or used, especially by law; a law or rule that says that sth is not allowed: The RSPB has called for the prohibition of all imports of wild birds.
moratorium /ˌmɒrəˈtɔːriəm; AmE ˌmɔːr- / (pl. mortatoriums or moratoria) [C] an official agreement that an activity must stop for a period of time: The convention called for a two-year moratorium on commercial whaling. veto /ˈviːtəʊ; AmE -toʊ/ (pl. -oes) [C] an occasion when sb uses their right to refuse to allow sth to be done: For months there was a veto on employing new staff. See also veto → REFUSAL noun, veto → REFUSE verb
taboo/tə'bu:/ [C] a cultural or religious custom that does not allow people to do, use or talk about a particular thing as people find it offensive or embarrassing; a
But the styles, such as strikethroughs and italics, are still omitted.
PaddleOCR-VL should be able to run locally or use APIs.
