The leader in specialized Arabic document intelligence, CoreTechX, has announced the launch of its proprietary OCR system. Until now, it has been nearly impossible to translate cursive script, diacritics, ligatures, and regional writing styles using AI with high accuracy. But thanks to CoreTechX’s latest innovation, that is about to change.
State-of-the-Art Results: Setting a New Global Benchmark
CoreTechX’s OCR system has achieved record-breaking accuracy, moving the needle from experimental AI to mission-critical infrastructure. When rigorously tested against industry-standard benchmarks, the system delivered on its promise of precision and reliability.
In internal testing against widely accepted datasets, CoreTechX demonstrated breakthrough gains in accuracy. For example, the system recorded a Character Error Rate (CER) of just 3.6% on the modern Khatt dataset. When evaluated on the Muharaf scale — which contains historical handwritten manuscripts — it achieved a CER of 6.3%. To put that in perspective, the CoreTechX system performs more consistently on handwritten Arabic than most generalized language and vision models, which struggle with script variability and diacritical marks. CoreTechX notes that while large global models perform well on multilingual text overall, their accuracy drops significantly when applied to handwritten Arabic documents.
Technical Innovation and Data Sovereignty
At the heart of the CoreTechX OCR system is a sophisticated Hybrid CNN–Transformer architecture optimized for line-level recognition. "We did not rely on off-the-shelf OCR," stated Fahad Durukan, co-founder of CoreTechX. "We built our own end-to-end pipeline for Arabic handwriting to ensure the system understands the grammar and historical context of the script."
Recognizing the sensitive nature of the data it processes, CoreTechX offers On-Premise Deployment. This is designed for government ministries and historical institutions that require strict data sovereignty and for organizations that cannot utilize third-party API-based solutions due to cloud compliance requirements.
Founder Perspective: Preserving Heritage through Intelligence
"Arabic handwriting is one of the hardest challenges in document intelligence due to its cursive structure and wide variation across eras. Arabic content deserves first-class technology built specifically for it," said Fahad Faisal Fahad AlSaud, co-founder of CoreTechX. "For too long, important decisions were being made without access to decades of data — not because the information did not exist, but because it was locked in a format machines could not understand. This is not just digitization; it is about unlocking the past to help build a more informed future."
Evolution from Infrastructure to Impact
The launch of this OCR system signals a shift for CoreTechX from a backend technology provider to a comprehensive knowledge platform. While the company began as an infrastructure leader, its focus has now evolved to lead with specialized products that preserve Arabic roots and deliver direct impact.
"Our evolution reflects a shift from infrastructure alone to impact and accessibility," AlSaud said. "Our goal is to structure this vast unstructured corpus and make it accessible to everyone: governments, researchers, businesses, and the public. By structuring the past, institutions gain the ability to analyze patterns and make more informed decisions for the future."
The CoreTechX Pipeline: Building this system is like developing a specialized universal translator for a forgotten dialect; while others use standard dictionaries to guess at words, CoreTechX has built a system that understands the deep grammar and historical context of the language to provide a clear, accurate transcription every time.
About CoreTechX
CoreTechX is dedicated to transforming the past into usable intelligence for the future. As the backbone of structured Arabic knowledge in the GCC, CoreTechX provides the tools necessary for governments and enterprises to digitize, understand, and leverage their most complex handwritten records. Through its state-of-the-art OCR technology, CoreTechX is ensuring that Arabic heritage is preserved and utilized for generations to come. For more information, visit coretechx.ai.
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