diff --git a/.agents/scripts/paddleocr-helper.sh b/.agents/scripts/paddleocr-helper.sh
index 2969452b3..61fd5efa2 100755
--- a/.agents/scripts/paddleocr-helper.sh
+++ b/.agents/scripts/paddleocr-helper.sh
@@ -476,81 +476,57 @@ if not results:
         print("[]")
     sys.exit(0)
 
+# Normalize both API paths into a common entries list to avoid output duplication
+entries = []
 if use_new_api:
     # New API: OCRResult with rec_texts, rec_scores, rec_polys (list of 4-point polygons)
     for result in results:
         texts = result.get("rec_texts", [])
         scores = result.get("rec_scores", [])
         polys = result.get("rec_polys", [])
-
-        if not texts:
+        for i, text in enumerate(texts):
+            entry = {
+                "text": text,
+                "confidence": float(scores[i]) if i < len(scores) else 0.0,
+            }
+            if i < len(polys):
+                box = polys[i].tolist() if hasattr(polys[i], "tolist") else polys[i]
+                entry["box"] = box
+            entries.append(entry)
+else:
+    # Legacy API: [[box, (text, confidence)], ...]
+    for page in results:
+        if page is None:
             continue
-
-        if output_format == "json":
-            entries = []
-            for i, text in enumerate(texts):
-                entry = {
-                    "text": text,
-                    "confidence": round(float(scores[i]), 4) if i < len(scores) else 0.0,
-                }
-                if i < len(polys):
-                    box = polys[i].tolist() if hasattr(polys[i], "tolist") else polys[i]
-                    entry["box"] = box
-                entries.append(entry)
-            print(json.dumps(entries, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
-
-        elif output_format == "tsv":
-            print("text\tconfidence\tx1\ty1\tx2\ty2\tx3\ty3\tx4\ty4")
-            for i, text in enumerate(texts):
-                score = float(scores[i]) if i < len(scores) else 0.0
-                if i < len(polys):
-                    box = polys[i].tolist() if hasattr(polys[i], "tolist") else polys[i]
-                    coords = "\t".join(f"{p[0]:.0f}\t{p[1]:.0f}" for p in box)
-                else:
-                    coords = "\t".join(["0"] * 8)
-                print(f"{text}\t{score:.4f}\t{coords}")
-
+        for line in page:
+            entries.append({
+                "text": line[1][0],
+                "confidence": line[1][1],
+                "box": line[0],
+            })
+
+if output_format == "json":
+    for entry in entries:
+        if "confidence" in entry:
+            entry["confidence"] = round(entry["confidence"], 4)
+    print(json.dumps(entries, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
+
+elif output_format == "tsv":
+    print("text\tconfidence\tx1\ty1\tx2\ty2\tx3\ty3\tx4\ty4")
+    for entry in entries:
+        text = entry.get("text", "")
+        confidence = entry.get("confidence", 0.0)
+        box = entry.get("box")
+        if box:
+            coords = "\t".join(f"{p[0]:.0f}\t{p[1]:.0f}" for p in box)
         else:
-            for text in texts:
-                print(text)
+            coords = "\t".join(["0"] * 8)
+        print(f"{text}\t{confidence:.4f}\t{coords}")
 
 else:
-    # Legacy API: [[box, (text, confidence)], ...]
-    if output_format == "json":
-        entries = []
-        for page in results:
-            if page is None:
-                continue
-            for line in page:
-                box = line[0]
-                text = line[1][0]
-                confidence = line[1][1]
-                entries.append({
-                    "text": text,
-                    "confidence": round(confidence, 4),
-                    "box": box,
-                })
-        print(json.dumps(entries, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
-
-    elif output_format == "tsv":
-        print("text\tconfidence\tx1\ty1\tx2\ty2\tx3\ty3\tx4\ty4")
-        for page in results:
-            if page is None:
-                continue
-            for line in page:
-                box = line[0]
-                text = line[1][0]
-                confidence = line[1][1]
-                coords = "\t".join(f"{p[0]:.0f}\t{p[1]:.0f}" for p in box)
-                print(f"{text}\t{confidence:.4f}\t{coords}")
-
-    else:
-        for page in results:
-            if page is None:
-                continue
-            for line in page:
-                text = line[1][0]
-                print(text)
+    # Plain text output
+    for entry in entries:
+        print(entry.get("text", ""))
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