PaddleOCR is an industry-leading, production-ready OCR and document AI engine developed by the PaddlePaddle team. It supports over 100 languages and converts PDFs or image documents into structured AI-friendly data (e.g., JSON and Markdown), bridging the gap between images/PDFs and LLMs. Key features include multilingual support, high accuracy, handwriting recognition, and advanced document parsing for elements like tables, formulas, and charts, with end-to-end tools for training, inference, and deployment.