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Texterkennung

A compact model for text recognition: it turns scanned pages into machine-readable text and stays economical enough for bulk runs across entire file corpora. Whatever is misread here is carried along by every later stage, which is why spot checks against the original remain necessary. For professional secrets procurement via IONOS is incomplete: the service works statelessly in the Berlin data centre and without a US group in the chain, but the product-specific confirmation of the confidentiality clause under section 203 of the German Criminal Code is still outstanding for it. That matters especially here, because scanned originals pass through - notices, contracts, working files - and not filtered extracts.

Usable, but one piece is still open

You can work with it - but part of the safeguard is open: either the provider does not commit to confidentiality itself, or it depends on an agreement you still have to conclude. Which of the two applies to which route is set out in the full matrix.

What it is good for

  • Turns scans into processable text without the originals leaving the country
  • Compact model class with correspondingly low running cost for bulk scans
  • German operator without a US group in the chain

Where it stops

  • Recognition errors propagate into all downstream stages - spot checks against the original remain necessary
  • Handwriting and poor scan quality remain the known weak points of text recognition
  • The product-specific confirmation of the section 203 clause for the AI Model Hub is still outstanding

Routes examined

The same model, procured differently, is a different legal position. What is examined per route is the contract chain, not the model.

Route Section 203 status Version on this route
IONOS AI Model Hub (German data centres) conditional -

The conditions behind a conditional status - which piece is open on which route and who closes it - are set out in the full matrix in the German catalogue, and we go through them in the conversation. The German page for Texterkennung carries the sources with their retrieval dates.

Is Texterkennung the right fit?

We go through your tasks and the route that carries them - and say plainly where it does not.

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