Let me echo Jim in suggesting a transcription tool rather than OCR for
handwritten texts. However, a lot depends on the kinds of material you're
working with and the uses you plan for the transcripts. Is it structured
data, like census records, account books, or an index cards database?
Is
On a related note, I am looking for a recommendation for software that
provides OCR for handwriting (print and/or cursive). To clarify, this
would be pen ink on paper not digital ink.
Thank you,
Donna R. Campbell
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Subject: [CODE4LIB] Handwriting and ocr
On a related note, I am looking for a recommendation for software that provides
OCR for handwriting (print and/or cursive). To clarify, this would be pen ink
on paper not digital ink.
Thank you,
Donna R. Campbell
If it's for a discrete project, I'd say scan what you need OCR'd and put it
on Mechanical Turk
kyle
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Donna Campbell dcampb...@wts.edu wrote:
On a related note, I am looking for a recommendation for software that
provides OCR for handwriting (print and/or
At the risk of shameless self-promotion, I would suggest an alternative to
the attempt at using OCR for handwriting. My field of research focuses on
pre-modern manuscripts which, to no one's surprise, have resisted any OCR
method. One solution is to create an environment that makes transcribing
That's cool! I created an entry for T-PEN in FOSS4Lib
(http://foss4lib.org/package/t-pen) so others can more easily find it. (Jim: I
also had the FOSS4Lib site send you a login id/password so you can go in and
update the T-PEN entry in case I got anything wrong.)
Thanks for the
Peter
Thanks so much. Your summary of T-PEN's design and capabilities is spot on!
jim
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.orgwrote:
That's cool! I created an entry for T-PEN in FOSS4Lib (
http://foss4lib.org/package/t-pen) so others can more easily find it.
The Image and Spatial Data Analysis Group at the National Center for
Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
presented at SAA 2012 on their work with OCR and handwritten census data.
Very interesting and if I recall correctly there was mention of grant
opportunities
