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DeezyMatch training set for OCR
Optical character recognition (OCR) is the process of automatically transcribing text from images. The presence of OCR-induced errors in digitised text is a common problem in the digital humanities. OCR errors are usually due to the misrecognition of characters, such as "h" recognised as "b", or "c" recognised as "o".... -
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Digitised Books. c. 1510 - c. 1900. JSONL (OCR derived text + metadata)
The dataset comprises metadata and OCR generated text from 49,455 digitised books published between c. 1510 - c. 1900. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in JSON Lines (JSONL) text format.British Library Labs ; British Library
OCR and monographs
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Conference paper (unpublished)
Assessing the Impact of OCR Quality on Downstream NLP Tasks
A growing volume of heritage data is being digitized and made available as text via optical character recognition (OCR). Scholars and libraries are increasingly using OCR-generated text for retrieval and analysis. However, the process of creating text through OCR introduces varying degrees of error to the text. The impact of... -
Conference paper (published)
Cross-disciplinary Collaborations to Enrich Access to Non-Western Language Material in the Cultural Heritage Sector
The British Library is home to millions of items representing every age of written civilisation, including books, manuscripts and newspapers in all written languages. Large digitisation programmes currently underway are opening up access to this rich and unique historical content on an ever increasing scale. However, particularly for historical material...Derrick, Tom ; McGregor, Nora
HTR, page analysis, layout analysis, recognition, Bangla script, Arabic script, OCR, and datasets
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Volumes of performances connecting Sir Henry Irving. 1879 - 1905.
Sir Henry Irving's American and Provincial Tours 1883 - 1905; miscellaneous performances, including some given by Royal Command, 1883 - 1903; Lyceum Theatre 1879 – 1902; and Drury Lane Theatre, 1903 and 1905. The collection was formed by Bram Stoker.British Library
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Volumes of Lysons Collectanea (Trades), comprising advertisements, cuttings, and illustrations relating to trades, professions, medical cures. 1660-1825.
The dataset comprises the OCR text derived from four digitised volumes of a collection of advertisements, cuttings and illustrations relating to trades, professions and medical cures from 1660 - 1825.British Library
text, newspapers, OCR, trades, and adverts
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Volumes of Lysons Collectanea (Amusements), comprising broadsides, cuttings, advertisements on amusements 1660-1840
The dataset comprises nine digitised volumes of a collection of broadsides, cuttings and advertisements, relating to public exhibitions and places of amusement from 1660 - 1840 (with OCR-derived text.) Part of the Lysons Collectanea collection.British Library
amusements, text, newspapers, broadsides, OCR, and adverts
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Volumes of portraits and biographies of officers in the South African wars collected by John Malcolm Bulloch. 1900 - 1902.
The dataset comprises six digitised volumes (in PDF) of a collection of portraits and biographical details of some officers distinguished in the South African War (1900 - 1902) (with OCR-derived text.) The collection was formed by John Malcolm Bulloch..British Library
South Africa, text, portraits, war, army, OCR, biographies, and biography
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Volumes of Madden's cuttings, views, and pamphlets about the British Museum. 1755-1870.
The dataset comprises four digitised volumes of a collection of cuttings, views and pamphlets made by Sir Frederic Madden about the British Museum, dating 1755 - 1870 (with OCR-derived text.)British Library
British Museum, text, and OCR
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Volume of Christmas ballads and broadsides. 1750 - 1840
110 page PDF of miscellaneous Christmas ballads and prose broadsides (with OCR-derived text.) The dataset comprises one digitised volume (110 pages) of a collection of Christmas ballads and prose broadsides chiefly printed in London by J. Pitts between 1750 - 1840. The dataset is in Portable Document Format (PDF).British Library