Local AI · Earlier experiment
Reading text from images with Ollama
I liked GLM-OCR when I tried it through Ollama. Looking at a simpler LM Studio setup then raised a different question: would the same model work in the tool I wanted to use?
One of my early local-AI experiments was trying GLM-OCR through Ollama. I was interested in reading text from images and documents, and my notes from the time record that I liked the result.
When I was looking at moving towards LM Studio and AnythingLLM, compatibility became part of the decision. My April setup notes flagged that GLM-OCR was not working in LM Studio at that point. They suggested another OCR model, or keeping Ollama specifically for that job.
This was a practical trial, rather than a scored OCR comparison. What stayed with me was the question: is a useful result worth keeping another tool around? The compatibility note belongs to that April experiment; software moves on.
April 2026 guide; 8 August 2026 retrospective capability profile
What came out of it
Tried GLM-OCR in Ollama and liked the result; the planned simpler stack raised a model-compatibility trade-off.