refactor(vision): finalize OCR API

Cargo.toml

@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ model-cache = ["vision", "dep:dirs", "dep:fs2", "dep:sha2", "dep:windows-sys"]
 model-download = ["model-cache", "dep:ureq"]
 ocr-oar = ["model-cache", "dep:image", "dep:oar-ocr", "dep:ort"]
 render-pdfium = ["vision", "dep:firecrawl-pdfium"]
+# Complete native OCR path. This remains opt-in so default library,
+# renderer-only, and browser consumers do not inherit inference or HTTP/TLS.
+ocr = ["render-pdfium", "ocr-oar", "model-download"]
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "pdf2md"

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pdf-inspector.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/pdf-inspector/)
 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
 
-Fast Rust library for PDF classification and text extraction. Detects whether a PDF is text-based or scanned, extracts text with position awareness, and converts to clean Markdown — all without OCR. Includes bindings for [Python](docs/python.md), [Node.js](napi/README.md), and [browser WebAssembly](wasm/README.md).
+Fast Rust library for PDF classification and text extraction. By default it detects whether a PDF is text-based or scanned, extracts text with position awareness, and converts to clean Markdown without OCR. Native Rust and CLI consumers can opt into selective OCR. Includes bindings for [Python](docs/python.md), [Node.js](napi/README.md), and [browser WebAssembly](wasm/README.md).
 
 Built by [Firecrawl](https://firecrawl.dev) to handle text-based PDFs locally in under 200ms, skipping expensive OCR services for the ~54% of PDFs that don't need them.
 
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ Built by [Firecrawl](https://firecrawl.dev) to handle text-based PDFs locally in
 - **CID font support** — ToUnicode CMap decoding for Type0/Identity-H fonts, UTF-16BE, UTF-8, and Latin-1 encodings.
 - **Multi-column layout** — Automatic detection of newspaper-style columns, sequential reading order, and RTL text support.
 - **Encoding issue detection** — Automatically flags broken font encodings so callers can fall back to OCR.
+- **Optional OCR** — An opt-in Rust and CLI feature selectively renders only pages that need OCR, runs PP-OCRv6 Small locally, and preserves per-page provenance and hosted-fallback recommendations.
 - **Single document load** — The document is parsed once and shared between detection and extraction, avoiding redundant I/O.
 - **Browser WebAssembly** — Run the same Rust parser locally in browsers and Web Workers, with embedded CMaps and no server round trip.
-- **Lightweight** — Pure Rust, no ML models, no external services. Single dependency on `lopdf` for PDF parsing.
+- **Lightweight by default** — The default build is pure Rust with no ML models or external services. PDFium, ONNX Runtime, and OCR models are added only when the native `ocr` feature is selected and remain external runtime artifacts.
 
 ## Benchmark
 
@@ -160,6 +161,19 @@ detect-pdf document.pdf --json
 detect-pdf document.pdf --analyze --json
 ```
 
+OCR is a separate native CLI build and does not change the default package:
+
+```bash
+cargo install pdf-inspector --features ocr --bin pdf2md
+PDFIUM_LIB_PATH=/path/to/libpdfium ORT_DYLIB_PATH=/path/to/libonnxruntime \
+  pdf2md scan.pdf --ocr auto --json
+```
+
+The OCR JSON envelope is versioned and reports routed pages, per-page source
+and confidence, warnings, and pages recommended for the hosted document
+pipeline. See the [Rust API guide](docs/rust-api.md#complete-ocr-api) for model
+cache and offline configuration.
+
 From a source checkout, use `cargo run --bin pdf2md -- document.pdf` or `cargo run --bin detect-pdf -- document.pdf` instead.
 
 ## Architecture

docs/rust-api.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # pdf-inspector
 
-Fast PDF classification and text extraction. Detects whether a PDF is text-based or scanned, extracts text with position awareness, and converts to clean Markdown — all without OCR. The default build is pure Rust, has no ML models or external services, and uses [lopdf](https://crates.io/crates/lopdf) for PDF parsing. Also available for [Python](https://pypi.org/project/pdf-inspector/) and [Node.js](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@firecrawl/pdf-inspector/).
+Fast PDF classification and text extraction. The default build detects whether a PDF is text-based or scanned, extracts text with position awareness, and converts to clean Markdown without OCR. It is pure Rust, has no ML models or external services, and uses [lopdf](https://crates.io/crates/lopdf) for PDF parsing. Native Rust and CLI consumers can opt into selective OCR. Also available for [Python](https://pypi.org/project/pdf-inspector/) and [Node.js](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@firecrawl/pdf-inspector/).
 
 Built by [Firecrawl](https://firecrawl.dev) to handle text-based PDFs locally in under 200ms, skipping expensive OCR services for the ~54% of PDFs that don't need them.
 
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ The native-only `vision` feature exposes the stable seam used by OCR
 integrations without selecting or embedding an inference runtime. The
 separate `model-cache` feature adds pinned artifact management:
 
-- `PageRenderer`, `OcrEngine`, and `LayoutEngine` traits;
+- `PageRenderer` and `OcrEngine` traits;
 - renderer-neutral owned page buffers and affine pixel↔PDF transforms;
 - `OcrOptions` and opt-in `Off`/`Auto`/`Force` routing modes;
-- positioned OCR/layout results and per-page provenance types; and
+- positioned OCR results and per-page provenance types; and
 - a versioned PP-OCRv6 Small manifest with checksum-verified, locked, atomic
   model-cache installation and explicit offline-directory overrides.
 
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ separate `model-cache` feature adds pinned artifact management:
 pdf-inspector = { version = "1", features = ["vision", "model-cache"] }
 ```
 
-The OCR contracts preserve existing behavior by default: OCR is `Off`, learned
-layout is disabled, and model resolution is never reached. `ModelStore` itself
-does not access the network. The optional `model-download` feature provides an
+The OCR contracts preserve existing behavior by default: OCR is `Off` and
+model resolution is never reached. `ModelStore` itself does not access the
+network. The optional `model-download` feature provides an
 HTTPS downloader that streams pinned artifacts into the checksum-verified
 cache only after routing has selected OCR work. Offline consumers set an
 explicit model directory and `ModelDownloadPolicy::Offline`. Renderer-only
@@ -171,9 +171,10 @@ and `PdfiumRenderer` implements the renderer-neutral `PageRenderer` trait.
 pdf-inspector = { version = "1", features = ["render-pdfium"] }
 ```
 
-PDFium is loaded at runtime. Set `PDFIUM_LIB_PATH`, place its shared library
-next to the executable, or use another discovery route supported by
-`firecrawl-pdfium`.
+PDFium is loaded at runtime and is not bundled into the crate. Set
+`PDFIUM_LIB_PATH` to the platform shared library, place that library next to
+the executable, or use another discovery route supported by
+`firecrawl-pdfium`. A load failure reports this prerequisite directly.
 
 ```rust
 use pdf_inspector::vision::{PdfiumRenderer, RenderOptions};
@@ -205,9 +206,11 @@ The native-only `ocr-oar` feature adds a CPU PP-OCRv6 Small implementation of
 not enable model auto-download, ONNX Runtime download, or PDF rendering. Model
 files remain external, must match the pinned manifest, and are opened only
 after `ModelStore` verifies their exact size and SHA-256 digest. Install an
-ONNX Runtime shared library separately and set `ORT_DYLIB_PATH` when it is not
-available through the platform library search path. The feature currently
-requires Rust 1.95 or newer, matching OAR 0.9.1's MSRV.
+ONNX Runtime shared library separately and set `ORT_DYLIB_PATH` to its full
+path when it is not available through the platform library search path. The
+runtime is resolved only when an OCR engine is first constructed; clean
+`Auto` requests do not require it. The feature currently requires Rust 1.95
+or newer, matching OAR 0.9.1's MSRV.
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
@@ -308,6 +311,129 @@ SHA-256 verification to `ModelStore`. The store serializes installation across
 processes and publishes completed artifacts atomically. Warm caches make no
 network calls; offline mode and explicit model directories never download.
 
+### OCR Markdown assembly and native fusion
+
+`fuse_ocr_pages` maps OCR polygons back into PDF coordinates and sends the
+result through pdf-inspector's existing deterministic reading-order, table,
+and Markdown pipeline. Pages whose native extraction was rejected use OCR
+output. When `Force` runs on a clean native page, normalized duplicate OCR
+blocks are removed and only additional image-backed text is retained.
+
+```rust
+use pdf_inspector::vision::{fuse_ocr_pages, OcrFusionOptions};
+
+let fused = fuse_ocr_pages(
+    &extraction.pages,
+    &run,
+    extraction.pages.len() as u32,
+    &OcrFusionOptions::new().render_dpi(150.0),
+)?;
+
+for page in &fused.pages {
+    println!("{}", page.markdown);
+    if page.provenance.hosted_recommended {
+        eprintln!(
+            "page {} needs the hosted document pipeline",
+            page.page_number,
+        );
+    }
+}
+```
+
+Each page carries `Native`, `Ocr`, or `Fused` provenance, the exact OCR model
+revision, accepted-page confidence, local stage timings, and non-fatal
+warnings. A page that required OCR recommends the hosted pipeline when local
+OCR is missing, empty, or below the configurable page-confidence threshold.
+This keeps the lightweight path explicit about cases it cannot finish well.
+
+### Complete OCR API
+
+The `ocr` convenience feature enables the renderer, OCR engine, verified
+model acquisition, routing, and fusion layers together. It is the intended
+downstream application integration boundary; lower-level features remain
+available for consumers that bring their own renderer, model package manager,
+or engine.
+
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+pdf-inspector = { version = "1", features = ["ocr"] }
+```
+
+```rust
+use pdf_inspector::vision::{process_pdf_with_ocr, OcrPdfOptions};
+
+let result = process_pdf_with_ocr(
+    "document.pdf",
+    OcrPdfOptions::auto().page_numbers([1, 2, 3]),
+)?;
+
+println!("{}", result.markdown);
+println!("OCR pages: {:?}", result.pages_routed_to_ocr);
+println!(
+    "Hosted fallback pages: {:?}",
+    result.pages_recommending_hosted,
+);
+```
+
+Native extraction always runs first. In `Auto`, a clean PDF returns before
+PDFium loading, model-cache access, HTTP, or OAR initialization. Model files
+remain external and the default crate feature set remains unchanged. `Off`
+provides the same native-only behavior through the OCR result/provenance
+shape; `Force` renders every selected page. OCR uses the existing deterministic
+table, column, reading-order, and Markdown assembly path; no learned layout
+model is included.
+
+For ambiguous mixed pages, `Auto` privately retains clean native fragments
+instead of discarding them when OCR is selected. After recognition it compares
+script-agnostic text quality, OCR confidence, character overlap, and material
+new coverage. Exact native text wins over a duplicate or weak OCR hypothesis;
+complementary image-backed text is fused; and pages where both candidates are
+weak recommend the hosted document pipeline. A page routed because native
+coverage appeared incomplete also recommends hosted processing when confident
+OCR only duplicates the retained fragment: the agreement preserves trustworthy
+text, but neither hypothesis proves full-page coverage. Public native-only
+extraction continues to suppress pages marked unreliable, and clean text
+documents pay no renderer or model-initialization cost.
+
+In `Auto`, pages routed only for suspicious font encoding or vectorized text
+first get a bounded positioned-text probe through PDFium. A credible recovered
+text layer with sufficient geometric page coverage skips rasterization and
+model loading for that page; garbled, partial, or insubstantial recovery
+continues through OCR. Recovered tables are reflected in the same document
+metadata as tables found by the primary extractor.
+
+The one-call API keeps the most recently used verified OCR engine in process.
+Long-lived workers therefore verify the pinned artifacts and build the ONNX
+sessions once, then reuse those loaded sessions across documents. The cache is
+bounded to one model configuration and keyed by normalized model/runtime paths
+plus the pinned manifest revision and artifact digests; switching the model
+directory, runtime library, or compiled manifest replaces it. An active engine
+owns the model data it already verified, so mutating artifacts in place does
+not hot-reload a running process; restart the process when intentionally
+replacing files at the same paths. CPU inference uses at most four intra-op
+threads per ONNX session so a single small page does not oversubscribe larger
+hosts, and recognizes variable-width line crops individually to avoid
+padding-heavy CPU batches. The high-level pipeline renders and fuses at most
+four routed pages at a time, bounding bitmap memory on long documents.
+
+Build the CLI with the same opt-in feature:
+
+```bash
+cargo install pdf-inspector --features ocr --bin pdf2md
+cargo build --release --features ocr --bin pdf2md
+pdf2md document.pdf --ocr auto --raw
+pdf2md document.pdf --ocr auto --json
+pdf2md document.pdf --ocr auto --ocr-offline --ocr-model-dir /opt/models/pp-ocrv6-small
+```
+
+CLI controls include `--ocr-dpi`, `--ocr-min-confidence`,
+`--ocr-hosted-threshold`, `--select-pages`, and the existing encrypted-PDF
+`--password` option. JSON output has `schema_version: 1` and includes per-page Markdown, source/model
+provenance, confidence, timings, warnings, routed pages, and hosted-fallback
+recommendations. Page numbers in `OcrPdfResult` and its per-page provenance
+are 1-indexed, matching the PDF page numbers accepted by
+`OcrPdfOptions::page_numbers`.
+
 Extract per-page Markdown (one string per page, plus document-wide layout
 metadata):
 

src/bin/pdf2md.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 //! CLI tool for PDF to Markdown conversion
 
 use pdf_inspector::extractor::ItemType;
+#[cfg(all(feature = "ocr", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+use pdf_inspector::vision::{
+    process_pdf_with_ocr, ModelDownloadPolicy, OcrMode, OcrOptions, OcrPdfOptions, OcrPdfResult,
+    PageContentSource, RenderOptions,
+};
 use pdf_inspector::{
     extract_text_with_positions_pages_with_password, process_pdf_with_options, LayoutComplexity,
     PdfOptions, PdfType, ProcessMode, TextItem,
@@ -103,6 +108,146 @@ fn format_items_json(items: &[TextItem]) -> String {
     )
 }
 
+#[cfg(all(feature = "ocr", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+fn optional_json_number(value: Option<f32>) -> String {
+    value
+        .filter(|value| value.is_finite())
+        .map(|value| format!("{value:.4}"))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| "null".to_string())
+}
+
+#[cfg(all(feature = "ocr", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+fn format_ocr_json(result: &OcrPdfResult) -> String {
+    let routed = result
+        .pages_routed_to_ocr
+        .iter()
+        .map(u32::to_string)
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join(",");
+    let recommended = result
+        .pages_recommended_for_ocr
+        .iter()
+        .map(u32::to_string)
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join(",");
+    let hosted = result
+        .pages_recommending_hosted
+        .iter()
+        .map(u32::to_string)
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join(",");
+    let pages = result
+        .pages
+        .iter()
+        .map(|page| {
+            let provenance = &page.provenance;
+            let source = match provenance.source {
+                PageContentSource::Native => "native",
+                PageContentSource::Ocr => "ocr",
+                PageContentSource::Fused => "fused",
+                _ => "unknown",
+            };
+            let model = provenance
+                .ocr_model
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|model| {
+                    format!(
+                        r#"{{"name":"{}","revision":"{}"}}"#,
+                        json_escape(&model.name),
+                        json_escape(&model.revision)
+                    )
+                })
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| "null".to_string());
+            let warnings = provenance
+                .warnings
+                .iter()
+                .map(|warning| format!(r#""{}""#, json_escape(warning)))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join(",");
+            format!(
+                r#"{{"page":{},"source":"{}","markdown":"{}","ocr_model":{},"render_dpi":{},"ocr_confidence":{},"hosted_recommended":{},"timings":{{"render_ms":{},"ocr_ms":{},"assembly_ms":{}}},"warnings":[{}]}}"#,
+                provenance.page_number,
+                source,
+                json_escape(&page.markdown),
+                model,
+                optional_json_number(provenance.render_dpi),
+                optional_json_number(provenance.ocr_confidence),
+                provenance.hosted_recommended,
+                provenance.timings.render_ms,
+                provenance.timings.ocr_ms,
+                provenance.timings.assembly_ms,
+                warnings,
+            )
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join(",");
+    let table_pages = result
+        .pages_with_tables
+        .iter()
+        .map(u32::to_string)
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join(",");
+    let column_pages = result
+        .pages_with_columns
+        .iter()
+        .map(u32::to_string)
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join(",");
+    let ocr_reasons = format_ocr_reasons_by_page(&result.ocr_reasons_by_page);
+    format!(
+        r#"{{"schema_version":1,"page_count":{},"processing_time_ms":{},"render_time_ms":{},"ocr_time_ms":{},"pages_recommended_for_ocr":[{}],"pages_routed_to_ocr":[{}],"pages_recommending_hosted":[{}],"ocr_reasons_by_page":[{}],"is_complex":{},"pages_with_tables":[{}],"pages_with_columns":[{}],"pages":[{}],"markdown":"{}"}}"#,
+        result.page_count,
+        result.processing_time_ms,
+        result.render_time_ms,
+        result.ocr_time_ms,
+        recommended,
+        routed,
+        hosted,
+        ocr_reasons,
+        result.is_complex,
+        table_pages,
+        column_pages,
+        pages,
+        json_escape(&result.markdown),
+    )
+}
+
+fn argument_value<'a>(args: &'a [String], name: &str) -> Result<Option<&'a str>, String> {
+    args.iter()
+        .position(|argument| argument == name)
+        .map(|index| {
+            args.get(index + 1)
+                .map(String::as_str)
+                .ok_or_else(|| format!("{name} requires a value"))
+        })
+        .transpose()
+}
+
+fn format_ocr_error_json(error: &str) -> String {
+    format!(r#"{{"schema_version":1,"error":"{}"}}"#, json_escape(error))
+}
+
+fn exit_ocr_error(error: &str, json_output: bool) -> ! {
+    if json_output {
+        println!("{}", format_ocr_error_json(error));
+    } else {
+        eprintln!("Error: {error}");
+    }
+    process::exit(1);
+}
+
+#[cfg(all(feature = "ocr", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+fn float_argument(args: &[String], name: &str, default: f32) -> Result<f32, String> {
+    argument_value(args, name)?
+        .map(|value| {
+            value
+                .parse::<f32>()
+                .map_err(|_| format!("{name} requires a number, got {value:?}"))
+        })
+        .transpose()
+        .map(|value| value.unwrap_or(default))
+}
+
 fn extract_items_json(
     pdf_path: &str,
     page_filter: Option<&HashSet<u32>>,
@@ -114,7 +259,9 @@ fn extract_items_json(
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{extract_items_json, format_items_json};
+    use super::{extract_items_json, format_items_json, format_ocr_error_json};
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "ocr", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+    use super::{format_ocr_json, process_pdf_with_ocr, OcrPdfOptions};
     use pdf_inspector::extractor::ItemType;
     use pdf_inspector::TextItem;
 
@@ -164,6 +311,27 @@ mod tests {
             "decrypted item JSON should contain fixture text, got {json}"
         );
     }
+
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "ocr", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+    #[test]
+    fn ocr_json_has_a_versioned_stable_envelope() {
+        let result =
+            process_pdf_with_ocr("tests/fixtures/thermo-freon12.pdf", OcrPdfOptions::new())
+                .unwrap();
+        let json = format_ocr_json(&result);
+
+        assert!(json.starts_with(r#"{"schema_version":1,"page_count":3,"#));
+        assert!(json.contains(r#""page":1,"source":"native""#));
+        assert!(!json.contains("layout_ms"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ocr_json_errors_use_the_same_versioned_envelope() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            format_ocr_error_json("bad \"value\""),
+            r#"{"schema_version":1,"error":"bad \"value\""}"#
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 /// Parse a page specification like "1,3,5-10,20" into a HashSet of page numbers.
@@ -242,6 +410,12 @@ fn main() {
         eprintln!("  --password PW       Password for an encrypted PDF");
         eprintln!("  --detect-only       Only detect PDF type (no extraction)");
         eprintln!("  --analyze           Detect + extract + layout analysis (no markdown)");
+        eprintln!("  --ocr MODE          OCR mode: off, auto, or force (requires feature `ocr`)");
+        eprintln!("  --ocr-dpi N         OCR render resolution (default: 150)");
+        eprintln!("  --ocr-min-confidence N  Drop OCR spans below N (default: 0)");
+        eprintln!("  --ocr-hosted-threshold N  Recommend hosted parsing below N (default: 0.5)");
+        eprintln!("  --ocr-model-dir DIR Use a package-managed local model directory");
+        eprintln!("  --ocr-offline       Never download missing OCR models");
         process::exit(1);
     }
 
@@ -253,6 +427,10 @@ fn main() {
     let page_numbers = args.iter().any(|a| a == "--pages");
     let detect_only = args.iter().any(|a| a == "--detect-only");
     let analyze = args.iter().any(|a| a == "--analyze");
+    let ocr_mode_argument = argument_value(&args, "--ocr").unwrap_or_else(|error| {
+        eprintln!("Error: {error}");
+        process::exit(1);
+    });
 
     // Parse --password value
     let password = args.iter().position(|a| a == "--password").map(|i| {
@@ -283,6 +461,138 @@ fn main() {
             })
         });
 
+    let output_file = args
+        .get(2)
+        .filter(|a| !a.starts_with("--"))
+        .map(|s| s.as_str());
+
+    let has_ocr_only_option = [
+        "--ocr-dpi",
+        "--ocr-min-confidence",
+        "--ocr-hosted-threshold",
+        "--ocr-model-dir",
+        "--ocr-offline",
+    ]
+    .iter()
+    .any(|option| args.iter().any(|argument| argument == option));
+    if ocr_mode_argument.is_none() && has_ocr_only_option {
+        exit_ocr_error(
+            "OCR options require --ocr off, --ocr auto, or --ocr force",
+            json_output,
+        );
+    }
+
+    if let Some(mode) = ocr_mode_argument {
+        if items_json_output || detect_only || analyze {
+            exit_ocr_error(
+                "--ocr cannot be combined with --items-json, --detect-only, or --analyze",
+                json_output,
+            );
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(not(all(feature = "ocr", not(target_arch = "wasm32"))))]
+        {
+            let _ = mode;
+            exit_ocr_error(
+                "this pdf2md build does not include OCR; rebuild with --features ocr",
+                json_output,
+            );
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(all(feature = "ocr", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+        {
+            let mode = match mode {
+                "off" => OcrMode::Off,
+                "auto" => OcrMode::Auto,
+                "force" => OcrMode::Force,
+                value => {
+                    exit_ocr_error(
+                        &format!("invalid --ocr mode {value:?}; expected off, auto, or force"),
+                        json_output,
+                    );
+                }
+            };
+            let dpi = float_argument(&args, "--ocr-dpi", 150.0).unwrap_or_else(|error| {
+                exit_ocr_error(&error, json_output);
+            });
+            let minimum_confidence = float_argument(&args, "--ocr-min-confidence", 0.0)
+                .unwrap_or_else(|error| {
+                    exit_ocr_error(&error, json_output);
+                });
+            let hosted_threshold = float_argument(&args, "--ocr-hosted-threshold", 0.5)
+                .unwrap_or_else(|error| {
+                    exit_ocr_error(&error, json_output);
+                });
+            let model_directory =
+                argument_value(&args, "--ocr-model-dir").unwrap_or_else(|error| {
+                    exit_ocr_error(&error, json_output);
+                });
+
+            let mut ocr = OcrOptions::new()
+                .mode(mode)
+                .minimum_confidence(minimum_confidence);
+            if let Some(directory) = model_directory {
+                ocr = ocr.model_directory(directory);
+            }
+            if args.iter().any(|argument| argument == "--ocr-offline") {
+                ocr = ocr.model_downloads(ModelDownloadPolicy::Offline);
+            }
+            let mut markdown = pdf_inspector::MarkdownOptions::default();
+            if compact_output {
+                markdown.profile = pdf_inspector::MarkdownProfile::Compact;
+            }
+            markdown.include_page_numbers = page_numbers;
+            let mut pdf_options = OcrPdfOptions::new()
+                .render(RenderOptions::new().dpi(dpi))
+                .ocr(ocr)
+                .markdown(markdown)
+                .hosted_recommendation_confidence(hosted_threshold);
+            if let Some(pages) = page_filter.clone() {
+                pdf_options = pdf_options.page_numbers(pages);
+            }
+            if let Some(password) = password.clone() {
+                pdf_options = pdf_options.password(password);
+            }
+
+            match process_pdf_with_ocr(pdf_path, pdf_options) {
+                Ok(result) => {
+                    if json_output {
+                        println!("{}", format_ocr_json(&result));
+                    } else if raw_output {
+                        print!("{}", result.markdown);
+                    } else {
+                        eprintln!("PDF to Markdown Conversion (OCR)");
+                        eprintln!("======================================");
+                        eprintln!("File: {pdf_path}");
+                        eprintln!("Pages: {}", result.page_count);
+                        eprintln!("Pages routed to OCR: {:?}", result.pages_routed_to_ocr);
+                        if !result.pages_recommending_hosted.is_empty() {
+                            eprintln!(
+                                "Hosted parsing recommended for pages: {:?}",
+                                result.pages_recommending_hosted
+                            );
+                        }
+                        eprintln!("Processing time: {}ms", result.processing_time_ms);
+                        if let Some(output) = output_file {
+                            fs::write(output, &result.markdown)
+                                .expect("Failed to write output file");
+                            eprintln!("Markdown written to: {output}");
+                        } else {
+                            eprintln!();
+                            eprintln!("--- Markdown Output ---");
+                            eprintln!();
+                            print!("{}", result.markdown);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(error) => {
+                    exit_ocr_error(&error.to_string(), json_output);
+                }
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     if items_json_output {
         match extract_items_json(pdf_path, page_filter.as_ref(), password.as_deref()) {
             Ok(json) => println!("{}", json),
@@ -294,11 +604,6 @@ fn main() {
         return;
     }
 
-    let output_file = args
-        .get(2)
-        .filter(|a| !a.starts_with("--"))
-        .map(|s| s.as_str());
-
     let process_mode = if detect_only {
         ProcessMode::DetectOnly
     } else if analyze {

src/lib.rs

@@ -459,8 +459,44 @@ pub fn extract_pages_markdown_mem(
     buffer: &[u8],
     pages: Option<&[u32]>,
 ) -> Result<PagesExtractionResult, PdfError> {
+    extract_pages_markdown_mem_impl(
+        buffer,
+        pages,
+        None,
+        &MarkdownOptions::default(),
+        false,
+        false,
+    )
+    .map(|(result, _)| result)
+}
+
+#[cfg(all(feature = "ocr", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+pub(crate) fn extract_pages_markdown_mem_for_ocr(
+    buffer: &[u8],
+    pages: Option<&[u32]>,
+    password: Option<&str>,
+    markdown_options: &MarkdownOptions,
+) -> Result<(PagesExtractionResult, u32), PdfError> {
+    extract_pages_markdown_mem_impl(
+        buffer,
+        pages,
+        password,
+        markdown_options,
+        markdown_options.strip_headers_footers,
+        true,
+    )
+}
+
+fn extract_pages_markdown_mem_impl(
+    buffer: &[u8],
+    pages: Option<&[u32]>,
+    password: Option<&str>,
+    markdown_options: &MarkdownOptions,
+    strip_repeated_headers_footers: bool,
+    preserve_ocr_candidates: bool,
+) -> Result<(PagesExtractionResult, u32), PdfError> {
     validate_pdf_bytes(buffer)?;
-    let (doc, page_count) = load_document_from_mem(buffer)?;
+    let (doc, page_count) = load_document_from_mem_with_password(buffer, password)?;
     let font_cmaps = FontCMaps::from_doc(&doc);
 
     // Extract ALL pages to get accurate, document-wide font stats. A malformed
@@ -503,6 +539,11 @@ pub fn extract_pages_markdown_mem(
 
     // Compute font stats from full document (cross-page consistency).
     let font_stats = markdown::analysis::calculate_font_stats_from_items(&filtered_items);
+    let repeated_header_footer_items = if strip_repeated_headers_footers {
+        repeated_header_footer_item_keys(&all_items, &page_thresholds, &chart_regions, page_count)
+    } else {
+        HashSet::new()
+    };
 
     // When caller doesn't specify pages, return every page in document order.
     let all_pages: Vec<u32>;
@@ -538,7 +579,10 @@ pub fn extract_pages_markdown_mem(
         let (page_items, page_number_removal_mask): (Vec<TextItem>, Vec<bool>) = all_items
             .iter()
             .zip(&page_number_removal_mask)
-            .filter(|(item, _)| item.page == page_1idx)
+            .filter(|(item, _)| {
+                item.page == page_1idx
+                    && !repeated_header_footer_items.contains(&HeaderFooterItemKey::from(*item))
+            })
             .map(|(item, remove)| (item.clone(), *remove))
             .unzip();
 
@@ -575,7 +619,7 @@ pub fn extract_pages_markdown_mem(
             base_font_size: Some(font_stats.most_common_size),
             include_page_numbers: false,
             strip_headers_footers: false,
-            ..MarkdownOptions::default()
+            ..markdown_options.clone()
         };
 
         let md = if has_text_quality_issue {
@@ -628,20 +672,143 @@ pub fn extract_pages_markdown_mem(
 
         results.push(PageMarkdown {
             page: page_0idx,
-            markdown: if needs_ocr { String::new() } else { md },
+            // The public native extractor continues to suppress unreliable
+            // text. The OCR orchestrator retains clean partial text
+            // internally so it can compare/fuse it with OCR before deciding
+            // what is safe to return.
+            markdown: if needs_ocr && !preserve_ocr_candidates {
+                String::new()
+            } else {
+                md
+            },
             needs_ocr,
             ocr_reason,
         });
     }
 
-    Ok(PagesExtractionResult {
-        pages: results,
-        pages_with_tables: complexity.pages_with_tables,
-        pages_with_columns: complexity.pages_with_columns,
-        pages_needing_ocr,
-        ocr_reasons_by_page: page_ocr_reasons_vec(ocr_reasons_by_page),
-        is_complex: complexity.is_complex,
-    })
+    Ok((
+        PagesExtractionResult {
+            pages: results,
+            pages_with_tables: complexity.pages_with_tables,
+            pages_with_columns: complexity.pages_with_columns,
+            pages_needing_ocr,
+            ocr_reasons_by_page: page_ocr_reasons_vec(ocr_reasons_by_page),
+            is_complex: complexity.is_complex,
+        },
+        page_count,
+    ))
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+struct HeaderFooterItemKey {
+    page: u32,
+    x: u32,
+    y: u32,
+    text: String,
+}
+
+impl From<&TextItem> for HeaderFooterItemKey {
+    fn from(item: &TextItem) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            page: item.page,
+            x: item.x.to_bits(),
+            y: item.y.to_bits(),
+            text: item.text.clone(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn repeated_header_footer_item_keys(
+    items: &[TextItem],
+    page_thresholds: &HashMap<u32, f32>,
+    chart_regions: &HashMap<u32, Vec<(f32, f32, f32, f32)>>,
+    page_count: u32,
+) -> HashSet<HeaderFooterItemKey> {
+    let candidates = items
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|item| {
+            matches!(
+                item.item_type,
+                types::ItemType::Text | types::ItemType::FormField
+            )
+        })
+        .cloned()
+        .collect();
+    let lines = extractor::group_prefiltered_items_into_lines_with_thresholds_and_charts(
+        candidates,
+        page_thresholds,
+        &HashSet::new(),
+        chart_regions,
+    );
+    let all_items: HashSet<_> = lines
+        .iter()
+        .flat_map(|line| line.items.iter().map(HeaderFooterItemKey::from))
+        .collect();
+    let kept = markdown::strip_repeated_header_footer_lines(lines, page_count);
+    let kept_items: HashSet<_> = kept
+        .iter()
+        .flat_map(|line| line.items.iter().map(HeaderFooterItemKey::from))
+        .collect();
+    all_items.difference(&kept_items).cloned().collect()
+}
+
+#[cfg(all(test, feature = "ocr", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+mod ocr_header_footer_tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn item(page: u32, text: &str, y: f32) -> TextItem {
+        TextItem {
+            text: text.to_string(),
+            x: 10.0,
+            y,
+            width: 120.0,
+            height: 10.0,
+            font: "Test".to_string(),
+            font_size: 10.0,
+            page,
+            is_bold: false,
+            is_italic: false,
+            is_underline: false,
+            is_strikeout: false,
+            item_type: types::ItemType::Text,
+            mcid: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn local_pipeline_prefilters_document_wide_repeated_headers() {
+        let mut items = Vec::new();
+        let mut thresholds = HashMap::new();
+        for page in 1..=3 {
+            items.push(item(page, "Repeated report header", 800.0));
+            for line in 0..12 {
+                items.push(item(
+                    page,
+                    &format!("Page {page} paragraph {line} unique content"),
+                    700.0 - line as f32 * 40.0,
+                ));
+            }
+            thresholds.insert(page, 0.1);
+        }
+
+        let removed = repeated_header_footer_item_keys(&items, &thresholds, &HashMap::new(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(removed.len(), 2);
+        for page in 1..=3 {
+            assert_eq!(
+                removed.contains(&HeaderFooterItemKey::from(&item(
+                    page,
+                    "Repeated report header",
+                    800.0,
+                ))),
+                page > 1,
+            );
+            assert!(!removed.contains(&HeaderFooterItemKey::from(&item(
+                page,
+                &format!("Page {page} paragraph 5 unique content"),
+                500.0,
+            ))));
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Path-based wrapper for [`extract_pages_markdown_mem`].

src/markdown/mod.rs

@@ -1144,6 +1144,14 @@ pub fn to_markdown(text: &str, options: MarkdownOptions) -> String {
     output
 }
 
+/// Applies the document-wide repeated header/footer classifier to grouped lines.
+pub(crate) fn strip_repeated_header_footer_lines(
+    lines: Vec<crate::types::TextLine>,
+    page_count: u32,
+) -> Vec<crate::types::TextLine> {
+    preprocess::strip_repeated_lines(lines, page_count)
+}
+
 /// Convert positioned text items to markdown with structure detection
 pub fn to_markdown_from_items(items: Vec<TextItem>, options: MarkdownOptions) -> String {
     to_markdown_from_items_with_rects(items, options, &[])

src/tables/format.rs

@@ -442,6 +442,16 @@ fn clean_table_cells(cells: &[Vec<String>]) -> (Vec<Vec<String>>, Vec<String>) {
 fn is_footnote_row(text: &str) -> bool {
     let trimmed = text.trim();
 
+    // Japanese documents commonly use the reference mark followed by an
+    // ASCII or full-width number (for example `※1` / `※１`). These rows often
+    // sit immediately below a wide table and must not be merged into its last
+    // data row as wrapped first-column content.
+    if let Some(rest) = trimmed.strip_prefix('※') {
+        return rest.chars().next().is_some_and(|character| {
+            character.is_ascii_digit() || ('０'..='９').contains(&character)
+        });
+    }
+
     // Check for common footnote patterns
     // (1), (2), etc.
     if trimmed.starts_with('(') && trimmed.len() >= 2 {
@@ -503,6 +513,13 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(is_footnote_row("NOTES: uppercase"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_footnote_row_reference_mark_number() {
+        assert!(is_footnote_row("※1 explanation"));
+        assert!(is_footnote_row("※１ 説明"));
+        assert!(!is_footnote_row("※ general marker"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_is_footnote_row_plain_text_false() {
         assert!(!is_footnote_row("Regular cell text"));

src/vision/contracts.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Public contracts between rendering, OCR, layout, and orchestration.
+//! Public contracts between rendering, OCR, and orchestration.
 
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -18,19 +18,6 @@ pub enum OcrMode {
     Force,
 }
 
-/// Resource/quality profile for the OCR engine.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
-#[non_exhaustive]
-pub enum OcrProfile {
-    /// Lowest latency and memory footprint.
-    Edge,
-    /// OCR-oriented balance of quality and CPU cost.
-    #[default]
-    Balanced,
-    /// Highest quality within the lightweight model family.
-    Quality,
-}
-
 /// Controls whether missing model artifacts may be fetched.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
@@ -47,12 +34,8 @@ pub enum ModelDownloadPolicy {
 pub struct OcrOptions {
     /// Page-level routing behavior.
     pub mode: OcrMode,
-    /// Local quality/resource profile.
-    pub profile: OcrProfile,
     /// Drop recognition spans below this confidence threshold.
     pub minimum_confidence: f32,
-    /// Optional language hints understood by the selected engine.
-    pub languages: Vec<String>,
     /// Optional directory containing an offline model set.
     pub model_directory: Option<PathBuf>,
     /// Whether a missing pinned artifact may be downloaded.
@@ -63,9 +46,7 @@ impl Default for OcrOptions {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             mode: OcrMode::Off,
-            profile: OcrProfile::Balanced,
             minimum_confidence: 0.0,
-            languages: Vec::new(),
             model_directory: None,
             model_downloads: ModelDownloadPolicy::IfMissing,
         }
@@ -84,24 +65,12 @@ impl OcrOptions {
         self
     }
 
-    /// Sets the local resource/quality profile.
-    pub fn profile(mut self, profile: OcrProfile) -> Self {
-        self.profile = profile;
-        self
-    }
-
     /// Sets the minimum accepted recognition confidence.
     pub fn minimum_confidence(mut self, minimum_confidence: f32) -> Self {
         self.minimum_confidence = minimum_confidence;
         self
     }
 
-    /// Replaces the language hints passed to the OCR engine.
-    pub fn languages(mut self, languages: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<String>>) -> Self {
-        self.languages = languages.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect();
-        self
-    }
-
     /// Uses an explicit model directory, suitable for offline packaging.
     pub fn model_directory(mut self, directory: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> Self {
         self.model_directory = Some(directory.into());
@@ -115,55 +84,6 @@ impl OcrOptions {
     }
 }
 
-/// Configuration for an optional learned layout engine.
-///
-/// Layout inference is disabled by default. Existing deterministic layout,
-/// table, and Markdown logic remains the assembly path when this is disabled.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct LayoutOptions {
-    /// Whether the learned layout extension may run.
-    pub enabled: bool,
-    /// Drop layout regions below this confidence threshold.
-    pub minimum_confidence: f32,
-    /// Optional directory containing an offline layout model set.
-    pub model_directory: Option<PathBuf>,
-}
-
-impl Default for LayoutOptions {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            enabled: false,
-            minimum_confidence: 0.0,
-            model_directory: None,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl LayoutOptions {
-    /// Creates layout options with learned layout disabled.
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        Self::default()
-    }
-
-    /// Enables or disables learned layout inference.
-    pub fn enabled(mut self, enabled: bool) -> Self {
-        self.enabled = enabled;
-        self
-    }
-
-    /// Sets the minimum accepted region confidence.
-    pub fn minimum_confidence(mut self, minimum_confidence: f32) -> Self {
-        self.minimum_confidence = minimum_confidence;
-        self
-    }
-
-    /// Uses an explicit layout model directory.
-    pub fn model_directory(mut self, directory: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> Self {
-        self.model_directory = Some(directory.into());
-        self
-    }
-}
-
 /// A point in bitmap space, measured from the top-left in pixels.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default, PartialEq)]
 pub struct ImagePoint {
@@ -230,7 +150,7 @@ pub struct OcrSpan {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct OcrPage {
     /// 1-indexed PDF page number.
-    pub page: u32,
+    pub page_number: u32,
     /// Positioned recognition spans.
     pub spans: Vec<OcrSpan>,
     /// Mean confidence across accepted spans, when available.
@@ -243,54 +163,6 @@ pub struct OcrPage {
     pub warnings: Vec<String>,
 }
 
-/// Normalized semantic class emitted by a learned layout engine.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-#[non_exhaustive]
-pub enum LayoutRegionKind {
-    /// Body or other prose text.
-    Text,
-    /// Document heading or title.
-    Heading,
-    /// Table region.
-    Table,
-    /// Figure/image region.
-    Figure,
-    /// Figure or table caption.
-    Caption,
-    /// Header/footer/page furniture.
-    Furniture,
-    /// Model-specific class retained without changing the common taxonomy.
-    Other(String),
-}
-
-/// One learned layout region in bitmap coordinates.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct LayoutRegion {
-    /// Normalized semantic class.
-    pub kind: LayoutRegionKind,
-    /// Region polygon in the original rendered page's pixel space.
-    pub polygon: ImageQuad,
-    /// Model confidence in the inclusive range 0–1.
-    pub confidence: f32,
-    /// Optional model-provided reading-order position.
-    pub reading_order: Option<u32>,
-}
-
-/// Learned layout output for one 1-indexed page.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct LayoutPage {
-    /// 1-indexed PDF page number.
-    pub page: u32,
-    /// Semantic regions.
-    pub regions: Vec<LayoutRegion>,
-    /// Exact model identity used for this result.
-    pub model: ModelIdentity,
-    /// Layout inference wall time for this page.
-    pub processing_time_ms: u64,
-    /// Non-fatal engine warnings.
-    pub warnings: Vec<String>,
-}
-
 /// How final page content was sourced.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
@@ -310,8 +182,6 @@ pub struct VisionTimings {
     pub render_ms: u64,
     /// OCR wall time.
     pub ocr_ms: u64,
-    /// Optional learned layout wall time.
-    pub layout_ms: u64,
     /// Native/OCR fusion and assembly wall time.
     pub assembly_ms: u64,
 }
@@ -320,13 +190,11 @@ pub struct VisionTimings {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct PageProvenance {
     /// 1-indexed PDF page number.
-    pub page: u32,
+    pub page_number: u32,
     /// Final page-content source.
     pub source: PageContentSource,
     /// OCR model, when OCR ran.
     pub ocr_model: Option<ModelIdentity>,
-    /// Learned layout model, when layout inference ran.
-    pub layout_model: Option<ModelIdentity>,
     /// Render resolution used for local vision.
     pub render_dpi: Option<f32>,
     /// Mean accepted OCR confidence, when available.
@@ -371,23 +239,6 @@ pub trait OcrEngine: Send + Sync {
     ) -> Result<Vec<OcrPage>, Self::Error>;
 }
 
-/// Optional learned semantic layout extension.
-pub trait LayoutEngine: Send + Sync {
-    /// Engine-specific failure type.
-    type Error: Error + Send + Sync + 'static;
-
-    /// Exact model identity used by this engine instance.
-    fn model(&self) -> &ModelIdentity;
-
-    /// Analyzes rendered pages, optionally using their OCR spans.
-    fn analyze(
-        &self,
-        pages: &[RenderedPage],
-        ocr: &[OcrPage],
-        options: &LayoutOptions,
-    ) -> Result<Vec<LayoutPage>, Self::Error>;
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;

src/vision/mod.rs

@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@
 mod contracts;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "model-download", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 mod download;
+#[cfg(all(feature = "vision", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+mod fusion;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "model-cache", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 mod models;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "ocr-oar", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 mod oar;
+#[cfg(all(feature = "ocr", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+mod pipeline;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "vision", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 mod render;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "vision", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
@@ -26,12 +30,16 @@ mod pdfium;
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "vision", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 pub use contracts::{
-    ImagePoint, ImageQuad, LayoutEngine, LayoutOptions, LayoutPage, LayoutRegion, LayoutRegionKind,
-    ModelDownloadPolicy, ModelIdentity, OcrEngine, OcrMode, OcrOptions, OcrPage, OcrProfile,
-    OcrSpan, PageContentSource, PageProvenance, PageRenderer, VisionTimings,
+    ImagePoint, ImageQuad, ModelDownloadPolicy, ModelIdentity, OcrEngine, OcrMode, OcrOptions,
+    OcrPage, OcrSpan, PageContentSource, PageProvenance, PageRenderer, VisionTimings,
 };
 #[cfg(all(feature = "model-download", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 pub use download::{HttpModelDownloadError, HttpModelDownloader, DEFAULT_MODEL_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT};
+#[cfg(all(feature = "vision", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+pub use fusion::{
+    fuse_ocr_pages, ocr_page_to_markdown, FusedPageMarkdown, FusedPages, OcrFusionError,
+    OcrFusionOptions,
+};
 #[cfg(all(feature = "model-cache", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 pub use models::{
     ModelAcquireError, ModelArtifact, ModelArtifactKind, ModelDownloader, ModelManifest,
@@ -39,9 +47,14 @@ pub use models::{
 };
 #[cfg(all(feature = "ocr-oar", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 pub use oar::{OarOcrEngine, OarOcrError, ONNX_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_ENV};
+#[cfg(all(feature = "ocr", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+pub use pipeline::{
+    process_pdf_with_ocr, process_pdf_with_ocr_mem, OcrPdfOptions, OcrPdfResult, OcrPipelineError,
+};
 #[cfg(all(feature = "vision", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 pub use render::{
     PagePoint, PageTransform, RenderBufferError, RenderOptions, RenderPixelFormat, RenderedPage,
+    DEFAULT_RENDER_DPI,
 };
 #[cfg(all(feature = "vision", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 pub use routing::{

src/vision/models.rs

@@ -190,16 +190,17 @@ impl ModelStore {
         &self.cache_root
     }
 
+    /// Effective directory containing one manifest's artifacts.
+    pub(crate) fn model_root(&self, manifest: &ModelManifest) -> PathBuf {
+        self.override_root
+            .clone()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| self.manifest_cache_root(manifest))
+    }
+
     /// Validates and resolves every required artifact.
     pub fn resolve(&self, manifest: &ModelManifest) -> Result<ModelPaths, ModelStoreError> {
         validate_manifest(manifest)?;
-        let managed_root;
-        let root = if let Some(root) = self.override_root.as_deref() {
-            root
-        } else {
-            managed_root = self.manifest_cache_root(manifest);
-            managed_root.as_path()
-        };
+        let root = self.model_root(manifest);
 
         let mut artifacts = BTreeMap::new();
         for artifact in manifest.artifacts {

src/vision/oar.rs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 use image::RgbImage;
+use oar_ocr::core::config::onnx::OrtSessionConfig;
 use oar_ocr::oarocr::{OAROCRBuilder, OAROCR};
 use oar_ocr::processors::BoundingBox;
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -48,7 +49,9 @@ pub enum OarOcrError {
         page: u32,
     },
     /// The external ONNX Runtime shared library could not be loaded.
-    #[error("failed to load ONNX Runtime from {path}: {source}")]
+    #[error(
+        "failed to load ONNX Runtime from {path}; install a compatible ONNX Runtime shared library or set ORT_DYLIB_PATH to its path: {source}"
+    )]
     OnnxRuntimeLoad {
         /// Requested shared-library path or platform library name.
         path: PathBuf,
@@ -86,7 +89,13 @@ impl OarOcrEngine {
         let recognition = required_model(models, ModelArtifactKind::TextRecognition)?;
         let dictionary = required_model(models, ModelArtifactKind::CharacterDictionary)?;
 
-        let pipeline = OAROCRBuilder::new(detection, recognition, dictionary).build()?;
+        let pipeline = OAROCRBuilder::new(detection, recognition, dictionary)
+            .ort_session(ocr_session_config())
+            // Document line crops often have very different widths. Keeping
+            // CPU recognition batches at one avoids padding every crop to the
+            // widest line, reducing both inference work and peak memory.
+            .region_batch_size(1)
+            .build()?;
         let model = ModelIdentity::new(models.manifest_id(), models.revision());
         Ok(Self { pipeline, model })
     }
@@ -136,10 +145,6 @@ impl OarOcrEngine {
         }
 
         let mut warnings = Vec::new();
-        if !options.languages.is_empty() {
-            warnings
-                .push("language hints are not used by the PP-OCRv6 Small OAR backend".to_string());
-        }
         if missing_recognition > 0 {
             warnings.push(format!(
                 "discarded {missing_recognition} regions without usable recognition output"
@@ -159,7 +164,7 @@ impl OarOcrEngine {
         let processing_time_ms = u64::try_from(started.elapsed().as_millis()).unwrap_or(u64::MAX);
 
         Ok(OcrPage {
-            page: page.page(),
+            page_number: page.page(),
             spans,
             mean_confidence,
             model: self.model.clone(),
@@ -169,11 +174,18 @@ impl OarOcrEngine {
     }
 }
 
+fn ocr_session_config() -> OrtSessionConfig {
+    let available = std::thread::available_parallelism()
+        .map(std::num::NonZeroUsize::get)
+        .unwrap_or(1);
+    OrtSessionConfig::new()
+        .with_intra_threads(available.min(4))
+        .with_inter_threads(1)
+        .with_parallel_execution(false)
+}
+
 fn load_onnx_runtime() -> Result<(), OarOcrError> {
-    let path = std::env::var_os(ONNX_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_ENV)
-        .filter(|path| !path.is_empty())
-        .map(PathBuf::from)
-        .unwrap_or_else(default_onnx_runtime_library);
+    let path = onnx_runtime_library_path();
     drop(
         ort::init_from(&path).map_err(|source| OarOcrError::OnnxRuntimeLoad {
             path: path.clone(),
@@ -183,6 +195,13 @@ fn load_onnx_runtime() -> Result<(), OarOcrError> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn onnx_runtime_library_path() -> PathBuf {
+    std::env::var_os(ONNX_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_ENV)
+        .filter(|path| !path.is_empty())
+        .map(PathBuf::from)
+        .unwrap_or_else(default_onnx_runtime_library)
+}
+
 fn default_onnx_runtime_library() -> PathBuf {
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
     const NAME: &str = "onnxruntime.dll";
@@ -355,6 +374,14 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::vision::PageTransform;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn cpu_session_budget_is_bounded_for_small_ocr_models() {
+        let config = ocr_session_config();
+        assert!((1..=4).contains(&config.intra_threads.unwrap()));
+        assert_eq!(config.inter_threads, Some(1));
+        assert_eq!(config.parallel_execution, Some(false));
+    }
+
     fn page(format: RenderPixelFormat, stride: usize, pixels: Vec<u8>) -> RenderedPage {
         let transform =
             PageTransform::from_corners(2, 2, (0.0, 2.0), (2.0, 2.0), (0.0, 0.0)).unwrap();

src/vision/pdfium.rs

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 use std::path::Path;
 
-use firecrawl_pdfium::{Pdfium, PixelFormat, PixelPoint, RenderConfig};
+use firecrawl_pdfium::{PageChar, Pdfium, PixelFormat, PixelPoint, RenderConfig};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
+use crate::types::{ItemType, TextItem};
+
 use super::{
     PageRenderer, PageTransform, RenderBufferError, RenderOptions, RenderPixelFormat, RenderedPage,
 };
@@ -47,6 +49,15 @@ pub enum RenderError {
         /// Number of pages in the document.
         page_count: usize,
     },
+    /// The PDFium shared library could not be discovered or loaded.
+    #[error(
+        "failed to load PDFium; install a compatible PDFium shared library or set PDFIUM_LIB_PATH to its path"
+    )]
+    PdfiumLoad {
+        /// Dynamic loading failure.
+        #[source]
+        source: firecrawl_pdfium::Error,
+    },
     /// PDFium loading, document parsing, form setup, or rendering failed.
     #[error(transparent)]
     Pdfium(#[from] firecrawl_pdfium::Error),
@@ -65,18 +76,28 @@ pub struct PdfiumRenderer {
     pdfium: Pdfium,
 }
 
+/// Positioned native text recovered from one selected PDF page.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct PdfiumTextPage {
+    pub(crate) page: u32,
+    pub(crate) page_width: f32,
+    pub(crate) page_height: f32,
+    pub(crate) items: Vec<TextItem>,
+}
+
 impl PdfiumRenderer {
     /// Loads PDFium using `firecrawl-pdfium`'s documented discovery chain.
     pub fn load() -> Result<Self, RenderError> {
         Ok(Self {
-            pdfium: Pdfium::load()?,
+            pdfium: Pdfium::load().map_err(|source| RenderError::PdfiumLoad { source })?,
         })
     }
 
     /// Loads PDFium from an explicit native library path.
     pub fn load_from_path(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<Self, RenderError> {
         Ok(Self {
-            pdfium: Pdfium::load_from_path(path)?,
+            pdfium: Pdfium::load_from_path(path)
+                .map_err(|source| RenderError::PdfiumLoad { source })?,
         })
     }
 
@@ -100,6 +121,56 @@ impl PdfiumRenderer {
         self.render_pages_impl(pdf_bytes, pages, password, options)
     }
 
+    /// Extracts positioned native text from selected 1-indexed pages.
+    ///
+    /// This is deliberately separate from rendering: callers can probe a
+    /// suspicious embedded text layer before paying for rasterization and
+    /// OCR. A page-level text failure is treated as an unavailable recovery
+    /// candidate so the caller can continue to its normal OCR fallback.
+    pub(crate) fn extract_text_pages(
+        &self,
+        pdf_bytes: &[u8],
+        pages: &[u32],
+        password: Option<&str>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<PdfiumTextPage>, RenderError> {
+        const MAX_TEXT_CHARS_PER_PAGE: usize = 250_000;
+
+        if pages.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(Vec::new());
+        }
+        if pages.contains(&0) {
+            return Err(RenderError::InvalidPageNumber);
+        }
+
+        let document = self.pdfium.load_document(pdf_bytes.to_vec(), password)?;
+        let page_count = document.page_count();
+        if let Some(&page) = pages.iter().find(|&&page| page as usize > page_count) {
+            return Err(RenderError::PageOutOfBounds { page, page_count });
+        }
+
+        let mut recovered = Vec::with_capacity(pages.len());
+        for &page_number in pages {
+            let page = document.page(page_number as usize - 1)?;
+            let page_size = page.size();
+            let text = match page.text_with_limit(MAX_TEXT_CHARS_PER_PAGE) {
+                Ok(text) => text,
+                Err(error) => {
+                    log::debug!(
+                        "page {page_number}: positioned native text recovery unavailable: {error}"
+                    );
+                    continue;
+                }
+            };
+            recovered.push(PdfiumTextPage {
+                page: page_number,
+                page_width: page_size.width,
+                page_height: page_size.height,
+                items: text_chars_to_items(text.chars(), page_number),
+            });
+        }
+        Ok(recovered)
+    }
+
     fn render_pages_impl(
         &self,
         pdf_bytes: &[u8],
@@ -145,6 +216,106 @@ impl PdfiumRenderer {
     }
 }
 
+fn text_chars_to_items(chars: &[PageChar], page: u32) -> Vec<TextItem> {
+    #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+    struct Bounds {
+        left: f64,
+        bottom: f64,
+        right: f64,
+        top: f64,
+    }
+
+    fn flush(items: &mut Vec<TextItem>, text: &mut String, bounds: &mut Option<Bounds>, page: u32) {
+        let Some(bounds) = bounds.take() else {
+            text.clear();
+            return;
+        };
+        if text.is_empty() {
+            return;
+        }
+        let width = (bounds.right - bounds.left) as f32;
+        let height = (bounds.top - bounds.bottom) as f32;
+        let x = bounds.left as f32;
+        let y = bounds.bottom as f32;
+        if !x.is_finite()
+            || !y.is_finite()
+            || !width.is_finite()
+            || !height.is_finite()
+            || width <= 0.0
+            || height <= 0.0
+        {
+            text.clear();
+            return;
+        }
+        items.push(TextItem {
+            text: std::mem::take(text),
+            x,
+            y,
+            width,
+            height,
+            font: "PDFium native text".to_string(),
+            font_size: height.max(1.0),
+            page,
+            is_bold: false,
+            is_italic: false,
+            is_underline: false,
+            is_strikeout: false,
+            item_type: ItemType::Text,
+            mcid: None,
+        });
+    }
+
+    let mut items = Vec::new();
+    let mut text = String::new();
+    let mut bounds: Option<Bounds> = None;
+    for character in chars {
+        let Some(value) = character.unicode else {
+            flush(&mut items, &mut text, &mut bounds, page);
+            continue;
+        };
+        if value.is_whitespace() {
+            flush(&mut items, &mut text, &mut bounds, page);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let rect = character.loose_bounds.normalized();
+        if !rect.left.is_finite()
+            || !rect.bottom.is_finite()
+            || !rect.right.is_finite()
+            || !rect.top.is_finite()
+            || rect.width() <= 0.0
+            || rect.height() <= 0.0
+        {
+            flush(&mut items, &mut text, &mut bounds, page);
+            continue;
+        }
+        text.push(value);
+        bounds = Some(match bounds {
+            Some(bounds) => Bounds {
+                left: bounds.left.min(rect.left),
+                bottom: bounds.bottom.min(rect.bottom),
+                right: bounds.right.max(rect.right),
+                top: bounds.top.max(rect.top),
+            },
+            None => Bounds {
+                left: rect.left,
+                bottom: rect.bottom,
+                right: rect.right,
+                top: rect.top,
+            },
+        });
+    }
+    flush(&mut items, &mut text, &mut bounds, page);
+    items.sort_by(|first, second| {
+        first
+            .page
+            .cmp(&second.page)
+            .then(second.y.total_cmp(&first.y))
+            .then(first.x.total_cmp(&second.x))
+    });
+    items
+}
+
 impl PageRenderer for PdfiumRenderer {
     type Error = RenderError;
 
@@ -237,6 +408,17 @@ fn bgr_to_rgb_in_place(
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use firecrawl_pdfium::{PagePoint, PageRect};
+
+    fn page_char(value: char, bounds: PageRect) -> PageChar {
+        PageChar {
+            unicode: Some(value),
+            code: value as u32,
+            bounds,
+            loose_bounds: bounds,
+            origin: PagePoint::new(bounds.left, bounds.bottom),
+        }
+    }
 
     #[test]
     fn bgr_pixels_are_converted_to_rgb_in_place() {
@@ -263,4 +445,34 @@ mod tests {
             Err(RenderBufferError::InvalidBufferLength { .. })
         ));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn invalid_character_geometry_splits_text_runs() {
+        let chars = [
+            page_char('A', PageRect::new(0.0, 0.0, 8.0, 10.0)),
+            page_char('X', PageRect::new(10.0, 0.0, 10.0, 10.0)),
+            page_char('B', PageRect::new(20.0, 0.0, 28.0, 10.0)),
+        ];
+
+        let items = text_chars_to_items(&chars, 1);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            items
+                .iter()
+                .map(|item| item.text.as_str())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            ["A", "B"]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn coordinates_that_overflow_f32_are_discarded() {
+        let left = f64::from(f32::MAX) * 2.0;
+        let chars = [page_char(
+            'A',
+            PageRect::new(left, 0.0, left + 1.0e30, 10.0),
+        )];
+
+        assert!(text_chars_to_items(&chars, 1).is_empty());
+    }
 }

src/vision/routing.rs

@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ where
                 source: Box::new(source),
             })?;
     let ocr_time_ms = elapsed_ms(ocr_started);
-    validate_page_order("OCR engine", pages, recognized.iter().map(|page| page.page))?;
+    validate_page_order(
+        "OCR engine",
+        pages,
+        recognized.iter().map(|page| page.page_number),
+    )?;
 
     Ok(OcrRun {
         pages: rendered
@@ -268,7 +272,7 @@ mod tests {
             Ok(pages
                 .iter()
                 .map(|page| OcrPage {
-                    page: page.page(),
+                    page_number: page.page(),
                     spans: vec![OcrSpan {
                         text: format!("page {}", page.page()),
                         polygon: ImageQuad::new([

tests/local_render_tests.rs

@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ use pdf_inspector::vision::{PdfiumRenderer, RenderError, RenderOptions, RenderPi
 fn load_renderer() -> Option<PdfiumRenderer> {
     match PdfiumRenderer::load() {
         Ok(renderer) => Some(renderer),
-        Err(RenderError::Pdfium(firecrawl_pdfium::Error::Load(
-            firecrawl_pdfium::LoadError::LibraryNotFound { .. },
-        ))) => {
+        Err(RenderError::PdfiumLoad { .. }) => {
             eprintln!("skipping PDFium runtime test because no native library is installed");
             None
         }

tests/ocr_tests.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #![cfg(all(feature = "ocr-oar", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 
+#[cfg(feature = "ocr")]
+use pdf_inspector::vision::{
+    process_pdf_with_ocr_mem, ModelDownloadPolicy, OcrPdfOptions, OcrPipelineError,
+    PageContentSource,
+};
 use pdf_inspector::vision::{
     ModelStore, OarOcrEngine, OcrEngine, OcrMode, OcrOptions, PageTransform, RenderPixelFormat,
     RenderedPage, PP_OCR_V6_SMALL,
@@ -15,9 +20,7 @@ const EXPECTED_TEXT_ENV: &str = "PDF_INSPECTOR_OCR_TEST_EXPECTED";
 fn load_renderer() -> Option<PdfiumRenderer> {
     match PdfiumRenderer::load() {
         Ok(renderer) => Some(renderer),
-        Err(RenderError::Pdfium(firecrawl_pdfium::Error::Load(
-            firecrawl_pdfium::LoadError::LibraryNotFound { .. },
-        ))) => {
+        Err(RenderError::PdfiumLoad { .. }) => {
             eprintln!("skipping OCR runtime test because no native PDFium library is installed");
             None
         }
@@ -100,6 +103,90 @@ fn recognizes_a_pdfium_rendered_fixture_with_verified_models() {
     assert_usable_result(&results);
 }
 
+#[cfg(all(feature = "ocr", feature = "render-pdfium"))]
+#[test]
+fn complete_ocr_pipeline_routes_and_assembles_a_scanned_fixture() {
+    let Some(model_directory) = std::env::var_os(MODEL_DIRECTORY_ENV) else {
+        eprintln!("skipping OCR runtime test because {MODEL_DIRECTORY_ENV} is not set");
+        return;
+    };
+    let Some(_renderer) = load_renderer() else {
+        return;
+    };
+
+    let bytes = std::fs::read("tests/fixtures/scan_with_native_header_text.pdf").unwrap();
+    let ocr = OcrOptions::new()
+        .mode(OcrMode::Auto)
+        .minimum_confidence(0.3)
+        .model_directory(model_directory)
+        .model_downloads(ModelDownloadPolicy::Offline);
+    let options = OcrPdfOptions::new().ocr(ocr);
+    let result = process_pdf_with_ocr_mem(&bytes, options.clone()).unwrap();
+    let repeated = process_pdf_with_ocr_mem(&bytes, options).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(result.pages_routed_to_ocr, vec![1]);
+    assert!(!result.markdown.trim().is_empty());
+    assert!(result
+        .markdown
+        .contains("Order Date Item Code Description Status Unit Cost\n\n03/14/2024"));
+    assert!(result.markdown.contains("$482,110.40\n\n05/02/2024"));
+    assert_eq!(result.pages[0].provenance.source, PageContentSource::Fused);
+    assert!(result.pages[0]
+        .provenance
+        .warnings
+        .iter()
+        .any(|warning| warning.contains("complementary OCR")));
+    assert_eq!(
+        result.pages[0].provenance.ocr_model.as_ref().unwrap().name,
+        PP_OCR_V6_SMALL.id
+    );
+    assert_eq!(repeated.markdown, result.markdown);
+}
+
+#[cfg(all(feature = "ocr", feature = "render-pdfium"))]
+#[test]
+fn auto_recovers_credible_native_text_before_loading_ocr_models() {
+    let Some(_renderer) = load_renderer() else {
+        return;
+    };
+
+    let bytes = std::fs::read("tests/fixtures/shinagawa_identity_h.pdf").unwrap();
+    let ocr = OcrOptions::new()
+        .mode(OcrMode::Auto)
+        .model_directory("/models/must-not-be-read")
+        .model_downloads(ModelDownloadPolicy::Offline);
+    let result = process_pdf_with_ocr_mem(&bytes, OcrPdfOptions::new().ocr(ocr)).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(result.pages_recommended_for_ocr, vec![1]);
+    assert!(result.pages_routed_to_ocr.is_empty());
+    assert!(result.markdown.contains("羽田空港新飛行経路"));
+    assert!(result.markdown.contains("|4月30日|有|81.0|"));
+    assert!(result.markdown.contains("※１ 最大騒音レベル"));
+    assert!(result.pages_with_tables.contains(&1));
+    assert_eq!(result.pages[0].provenance.source, PageContentSource::Native);
+    assert!(result.pages[0].provenance.ocr_model.is_none());
+}
+
+#[cfg(all(feature = "ocr", feature = "render-pdfium"))]
+#[test]
+fn auto_rejects_garbled_native_recovery_and_continues_to_ocr() {
+    let Some(_renderer) = load_renderer() else {
+        return;
+    };
+
+    let bytes = std::fs::read("tests/fixtures/shifted_cipher_tounicode.pdf").unwrap();
+    let ocr = OcrOptions::new()
+        .mode(OcrMode::Auto)
+        .model_directory("/models/must-not-be-read")
+        .model_downloads(ModelDownloadPolicy::Offline);
+    let error = process_pdf_with_ocr_mem(&bytes, OcrPdfOptions::new().ocr(ocr)).unwrap_err();
+
+    assert!(matches!(
+        error,
+        OcrPipelineError::ModelAcquire(_) | OcrPipelineError::ModelStore(_)
+    ));
+}
+
 fn recognize(
     model_directory: &std::ffi::OsStr,
     pages: &[RenderedPage],
@@ -119,7 +206,7 @@ fn recognize(
 
 fn assert_usable_result(results: &[pdf_inspector::vision::OcrPage]) {
     assert_eq!(results.len(), 1);
-    assert_eq!(results[0].page, 1);
+    assert_eq!(results[0].page_number, 1);
     assert_eq!(results[0].model.name, PP_OCR_V6_SMALL.id);
     assert_eq!(results[0].model.revision, PP_OCR_V6_SMALL.revision);
     assert!(!results[0].spans.is_empty());