The English Auto Detect workflow uses CRAFT for word boxes and PP-OCRv6 for recognition. Install requirements-ocr.txt in ComfyUI's Python environment and restart ComfyUI. The workflow's OCR model downloads note links to each file and lists where to save it.
For a remote ComfyUI instance, put the files on the server running ComfyUI. Browser downloads are saved on your own computer.
Download these files and place them in your ComfyUI model directory:
| Download | Destination under ComfyUI/models/pixtext_ocr/ |
|---|---|
CRAFT model ZIP — extract craft_mlt_25k.pth |
craft_mlt_25k.pth |
| PP-OCRv6 weights | PP-OCRv6_medium_rec_onnx/inference.onnx |
| PP-OCRv6 configuration | PP-OCRv6_medium_rec_onnx/inference.yml |
From the PixText node folder, verify the installed files with ComfyUI's Python:
python scripts/verify_ocr_models.py --models ../../models/pixtext_ocrThe command prints Verified for all three files when their SHA-256 checksums match. Run the workflow after the files are in place.