In this blog post I explain how to run AI models offline on a Mac with Microsoft Foundry Local — completely offline, on your own hardware. No Azure subscription, no API key, no internet connection. Everything runs on your own device.
I made a short video that walks through the whole thing. If you prefer watching over reading, here it is:
The rest of this post is the written version, so you can copy the commands and follow along.
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Document Intelligence vs. Content Understanding vs. Mistral OCR 3 vs. GPT-5 vs. Azure Vision
Choosing the right Azure OCR engine is no longer just about “reading” text—it’s about intelligent understanding. Whether you’re digitizing 10,000 invoices, building a real-time app to read street signs, or preparing scientific papers for RAG pipelines, Azure offers a specialized toolkit within its Foundry ecosystem.
In this post, we’ll dive deep into the performance, pricing, and capabilities of the leading Azure OCR models—including the brand-new Mistral OCR 3 and VLM-based approaches with GPT-5. You can also follow the official Microsoft Learn documentation for hands-on setup.
