Challenge: Existing CSC models over-fit the error model while under-fitting the language model, resulting in poor generalization to out-of-distribution error patterns.
Approach: They propose to use a multi-domain benchmark LEMON to assess the open domain generalization of Chinese Spelling Correction models.
Outcome: The proposed method achieves state-of-the-art results on SIGHAN, ECSpell, and LEMON.

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