PaddleOCR 3.5 adds Transformers backend
paddleocr 3.5 adds a transformers backend for its pp-ocrv5 and paddleocr-vl 1.5 models to streamline integration into hugging face workflows.
paddlepaddle released paddleocr 3.5 with a flexible inference-engine interface that adds transformers as a supported backend alongside the default paddle_static. developers can now run pp-ocrv5 and paddleocr-vl 1.5 models within transformers-centric stacks, simplifying the ingestion of complex documents for rag and document ai applications. the release manages pipelines internally while allowing specific backend configurations such as attention implementation and device placement. this interoperability reduces integration friction for teams already using pytorch and transformers.