semCER introduces severity-weighted error metrics for OCR
October 13, 2026
semCER uses an LLM judge to assign severity weights to character edits, addressing the limitation where standard Character Error Rate treats minor typos and critical name errors identically. The metric tracks human readability across English, Vietnamese, and Chinese by breaking down errors into named semantic edits.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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researcherYou can use this to better align OCR evaluation with human perception of error importance.