@article{visualmeritorlinguisticcrutchacloselooka, title = {Visual Merit or Linguistic Crutch? A Close Look at DeepSeek-OCR}, author = {Yunhao Liang and Ruixuan Ying and Bo Li and Hong Li and Kai Yan and Qingwen Li and Min Yang and Okamoto Satoshi and Zhe Cui and Shiwen Ni}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2601.03714}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03714}, }