- 29 June 2021 - Version 1.4
- [Instruction](https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/blob/master/custom_model.md) on training/using custom recognition model
- [Example dataset](https://www.jaided.ai/easyocr/modelhub)
- Batched image inference for GPU (thanks [SamSamhuns](https://github.com/SamSamhuns), see [PR](https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/pull/458))
- Vertical text support (thanks [interactivetech](https://github.com/interactivetech)). This is for rotated text, not to be confused with vertical Chinese or Japanese text. (see [PR](https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/pull/450))
- Output in dictionary format (thanks [A2va](https://github.com/A2va), see [PR](https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/pull/441))