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davanstrien
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nls-highland-news-lighton-ocr2

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6,627	8,628	Highland News issue: 2031	1	8	1	Saturday 02/09/1922	1922	Highland News, Limited	Inverness	https://view.nls.uk/manifest/2437/3296/243732960/manifest.json	# NEWS ## TWOPENCE No. 2031 INVERNESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1922 REGISTERED AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE --- ### INFIRMITY WEEK INVERNESS, SATURDAY, 2nd September, 1922 SATURDAY, 9th September, 1922 Programme for Week. SATURDAY, 2nd SEPTEMBER. PENTY TRIAL, 9.30 a.m. AT TOWN HALL GARDEN PARTY AT HEATHERLEY, co...	[{"model_id": "lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B", "model_name": "LightOnOCR-2", "column_name": "markdown", "timestamp": "2026-02-22T16:09:32.265527", "temperature": 0.2, "top_p": 0.9, "max_tokens": 4096, "target_size": 1540}]
6,627	8,628	Highland News issue: 2031	2	8	2	Saturday 02/09/1922	1922	Highland News, Limited	Inverness	https://view.nls.uk/manifest/2437/3296/243732960/manifest.json	2 HIGHLAND NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1922 HIGHLAND RAILWAY THE SHORTEST AND QUICKEST ROUTE. THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE LONDON SOUTHAMPTON, GLOUCESTER, AUSTIN STERLING, WILMINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, MAIN INVERNESS. ST. BURBANK, SOUTHEND, BOURNARD For AUGUST 25 until Further Notice. From the South Week Days only Lon...	[{"model_id": "lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B", "model_name": "LightOnOCR-2", "column_name": "markdown", "timestamp": "2026-02-22T16:09:32.265527", "temperature": 0.2, "top_p": 0.9, "max_tokens": 4096, "target_size": 1540}]
6,512	8,488	Highland News issue: 2031	3	8	3	Saturday 02/09/1922	1922	Highland News, Limited	Inverness	https://view.nls.uk/manifest/2437/3296/243732960/manifest.json	# HIGHLAND NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1992 ## CUTICURA HEALS RASH ON BABY On Head, Face and Ear. Itched and Burned. My baby suffered on an itching rash that broke out on his head, and I had one of the eyes. All of this was well and without any complications formed and healed. He could not sleep, and was always s...	[{"model_id": "lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B", "model_name": "LightOnOCR-2", "column_name": "markdown", "timestamp": "2026-02-22T16:09:32.265527", "temperature": 0.2, "top_p": 0.9, "max_tokens": 4096, "target_size": 1540}]
6,463	8,584	Highland News issue: 2031	4	8	4	Saturday 02/09/1922	1922	Highland News, Limited	Inverness	https://view.nls.uk/manifest/2437/3296/243732960/manifest.json	4 HIGHLAND NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1922 COIR YARN. WE REG TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND OFFICERS THAT THE STRAIGHT INVOICE OF COIR YARN HAS JUST ARRIVED, AND ORDERS ARE BEING BOOKED NOW FOR DELIVERY AT REEKEN CASH PRICES. WHOLESALE ONLY. KENNETH MACLENNAN & CO., Ltd., 6 NORTH BEACH STREET, STORROWAY. FOR QUALITY ROYAL ...	[{"model_id": "lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B", "model_name": "LightOnOCR-2", "column_name": "markdown", "timestamp": "2026-02-22T16:09:32.265527", "temperature": 0.2, "top_p": 0.9, "max_tokens": 4096, "target_size": 1540}]
6,519	8,572	Highland News issue: 2031	5	8	5	Saturday 02/09/1922	1922	Highland News, Limited	Inverness	https://view.nls.uk/manifest/2437/3296/243732960/manifest.json	# HIGHLAND NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1992 ## EARLY EDITION ### STORROWWAY #### THE FARLE-HOWER, SEPTEMBER 1991 Sunday 7:11 7:12 Monday 7:30 7:37 Tuesday 7:43 7:48 Wednesday 7:38 7:43 Thursday 7:38 7:43 Friday 7:38 7:43 The long green, sandy, dark and parting green areas are well-preserved. The new ...	[{"model_id": "lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B", "model_name": "LightOnOCR-2", "column_name": "markdown", "timestamp": "2026-02-22T16:09:32.265527", "temperature": 0.2, "top_p": 0.9, "max_tokens": 4096, "target_size": 1540}]
6,514	8,481	Highland News issue: 2031	6	8	6	Saturday 02/09/1922	1922	Highland News, Limited	Inverness	https://view.nls.uk/manifest/2437/3296/243732960/manifest.json	# HIGHLAND NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1922 ## THERE AND THERE. ### SQUERVY TREATMENT. Representative of the Press engaged in what she called difficult work sometimes to be gradually impressed by the condition of the workmen. There were many other institutions of this kind, it cannot possibly proper without publici...	[{"model_id": "lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B", "model_name": "LightOnOCR-2", "column_name": "markdown", "timestamp": "2026-02-22T16:09:32.265527", "temperature": 0.2, "top_p": 0.9, "max_tokens": 4096, "target_size": 1540}]
6,539	8,634	Highland News issue: 2031	7	8	7	Saturday 02/09/1922	1922	Highland News, Limited	Inverness	https://view.nls.uk/manifest/2437/3296/243732960/manifest.json	HIGHLAND NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1922 7 A LONSON LETTER. THE PREMIER’S NEW HOME. When the New Minister came from his beloved Fairness in Wales to visit him in the new home of the City of Cardiff, he was Nathaniel. There is a quiet and quiet and comfortable. And, in his own words, he is a man who is not afraid ...	[{"model_id": "lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B", "model_name": "LightOnOCR-2", "column_name": "markdown", "timestamp": "2026-02-22T16:09:32.265527", "temperature": 0.2, "top_p": 0.9, "max_tokens": 4096, "target_size": 1540}]
6,514	8,554	Highland News issue: 2031	8	8	8	Saturday 02/09/1922	1922	Highland News, Limited	Inverness	https://view.nls.uk/manifest/2437/3296/243732960/manifest.json	8 HIGHLAND NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1992 GLASGOW NOTES frightening home on Friday, September 2, will be spent with a concert of music and dance. The concert will be held at the Royal Hotel in the South Bank of the River, and the time is announced that the services will be held at the Royal Hotel in the South Ban...	[{"model_id": "lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B", "model_name": "LightOnOCR-2", "column_name": "markdown", "timestamp": "2026-02-22T16:09:32.265527", "temperature": 0.2, "top_p": 0.9, "max_tokens": 4096, "target_size": 1540}]
6,528	8,584	Highland News issue: 2032	1	8	1	Saturday 09/09/1922	1922	Highland News, Limited	Inverness	https://view.nls.uk/manifest/2437/3296/243732961/manifest.json	# HIGHLAND N TWOPENCE No. 2032 INVERNESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1922 REGISTERED AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE AS A NEWSPAPER. --- ## BIRTHS. At “Craiglin’” Kyle of Lochlouth, on 21st August, to Mr and Mrs A. J. Forghy, 4. At Morni Als, Bagnall’s Inn, on 2nd September, the wife of the widow of Evelyn Pryde-Palmer Ho...	[{"model_id": "lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B", "model_name": "LightOnOCR-2", "column_name": "markdown", "timestamp": "2026-02-22T16:09:32.265527", "temperature": 0.2, "top_p": 0.9, "max_tokens": 4096, "target_size": 1540}]
6,541	8,596	Highland News issue: 2032	2	8	2	Saturday 09/09/1922	1922	Highland News, Limited	Inverness	https://view.nls.uk/manifest/2437/3296/243732961/manifest.json	2 HIGHLAND NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1922 HIGHLAND RAILWAY THE SHORTEST AND QUIEST ROUTE. TO BLOOM. SOUTHERN GLAMOR, JUNCTION & KINNURNE GLAZATORY, BLOOM, SAINTS INVERNESS. STRATFEEFER, and the SOUTH OF SCOLAND FOR SEPTEMBER, or until Further Notice From the South Buses West View Chicago Chicago Chicago ...	[{"model_id": "lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B", "model_name": "LightOnOCR-2", "column_name": "markdown", "timestamp": "2026-02-22T16:09:32.265527", "temperature": 0.2, "top_p": 0.9, "max_tokens": 4096, "target_size": 1540}]
6,504	8,523	Highland News issue: 2032	3	8	3	Saturday 09/09/1922	1922	Highland News, Limited	Inverness	https://view.nls.uk/manifest/2437/3296/243732961/manifest.json	# HIGHLAND NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1922 ## THE LOCH MARÉE POISONING TRAGEDY AT DINGWALL ### TERRIBLE HAVOC BY GERMS Dr. Murray, Professor of Medicine at Glasgow University, made some interesting observations about the death of Mr. D. D. D. D., which opened at the Sherd Hall of Dingwall, on Tuesday, the third af...	[{"model_id": "lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B", "model_name": "LightOnOCR-2", "column_name": "markdown", "timestamp": "2026-02-22T16:09:32.265527", "temperature": 0.2, "top_p": 0.9, "max_tokens": 4096, "target_size": 1540}]
6,514	8,591	Highland News issue: 2032	4	8	4	Saturday 09/09/1922	1922	Highland News, Limited	Inverness	https://view.nls.uk/manifest/2437/3296/243732961/manifest.json	4 HIGHLAND NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1922 FOR SALE is private prints, Prentice Hall, New York, and is supplied by the printer, Mr. Agnes Macferr, Ammonist, 340 Broadway, New York, and Baltimore, small shops and outbuildings. Every connoisseur, including the printer, Mr. William J. Tolmie, M.P.S., CHEMIST AND DRUGI...	[{"model_id": "lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B", "model_name": "LightOnOCR-2", "column_name": "markdown", "timestamp": "2026-02-22T16:09:32.265527", "temperature": 0.2, "top_p": 0.9, "max_tokens": 4096, "target_size": 1540}]

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Document OCR using LightOnOCR-2-1B

This dataset contains OCR results from images in davanstrien/nls-highland-news-sample using LightOnOCR-2, a fast and compact 1B OCR model trained with RLVR.

Processing Details

Source Dataset: davanstrien/nls-highland-news-sample
Model: lightonai/LightOnOCR-2-1B
Number of Samples: 68
Processing Time: 6.4 min
Processing Date: 2026-02-22 16:09 UTC

Configuration

Image Column: image
Output Column: markdown
Dataset Split: train
Batch Size: 16
Target Image Size: 1540px (longest dimension)
Max Model Length: 8,192 tokens
Max Output Tokens: 4,096
Temperature: 0.2
Top P: 0.9
GPU Memory Utilization: 80.0%

Model Information

LightOnOCR-2 is a next-generation fast, compact OCR model that excels at:

⚡ Fastest Speed - 42.8 pages/second on H100 GPU (7× faster than v1)
🎯 High Accuracy - 83.2 ± 0.9% on OlmOCR-Bench (+7.1% vs v1)
🧠 RLVR Training - Eliminates repetition loops and formatting errors
📚 Better Dataset - 2.5× larger training data with cleaner annotations
📐 LaTeX formulas - Mathematical notation in LaTeX format
📊 Tables - Extracted and formatted as markdown
📝 Document structure - Hierarchy and layout preservation
🌍 Multilingual - Optimized for European languages
💪 Production-ready - Outperforms models 9× larger

Key Improvements over v1

7.5× faster: 42.8 vs 5.71 pages/sec on H100
+7.1% accuracy: 83.2% vs 76.1% on benchmarks
Better quality: RLVR training eliminates common OCR errors
Cleaner output: No repetition loops or formatting glitches
Simpler: Single model (no vocabulary variants)

Dataset Structure

The dataset contains all original columns plus:

markdown: The extracted text in markdown format with LaTeX formulas
inference_info: JSON list tracking all OCR models applied to this dataset

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset
import json

# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("{output_dataset_id}", split="train")

# Access the markdown text
for example in dataset:
    print(example["markdown"])
    break

# View all OCR models applied to this dataset
inference_info = json.loads(dataset[0]["inference_info"])
for info in inference_info:
    print(f"Column: {info['column_name']} - Model: {info['model_id']}")

Reproduction

This dataset was generated using the uv-scripts/ocr LightOnOCR-2 script:

uv run https://huggingface.co/datasets/uv-scripts/ocr/raw/main/lighton-ocr2.py \
    davanstrien/nls-highland-news-sample \
    <output-dataset> \
    --image-column image \
    --batch-size 16

Performance

Processing Speed: ~0.18 images/second
Benchmark Score: 83.2 ± 0.9% on OlmOCR-Bench
Training: RLVR (Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards)

Generated with 🤖 UV Scripts

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