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|'''Background:''' The Augmenting OCR working group formed from the first iDigBio Summit in 2011 out of a community consensus wish to attempt improving OCR output and algorithm tools to speed up the digitization process. Initial group members were suggested by those present at Summit 2011. | |'''Background:''' The Augmenting OCR working group formed from the first iDigBio Summit in 2011 out of a community consensus wish to attempt improving OCR output and algorithm tools to speed up the digitization process. Initial group members were suggested by those present at Summit 2011. | ||
Our current working group met, in person, at a [[IDigBio Augmenting OCR Workshop| workshop in October 2012]] to learn more about each other's use of OCR and OCR output, plan a February 2013 [http://tinyurl.com/idigbioaocrhackathon hackathon], develop content for our iSchools 2013 iConference workshop panel, and learn more about the latest developments in handwriting recognition. We put together iDigBio's first hackathon and presented our working group plans at [http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/workshop11/v iConference13]. In December of 2013, at the iDigBio CITScribe hackathon, the aOCR working group built some working demos of visualization tools that facilitate searching of OCR output. These tools present novel ways to create record sets for citizen scientists, researchers, and data validators too. A recorded demonstration webinar: Visualize Text Data From OCR Output | Our current working group met, in person, at a [[IDigBio Augmenting OCR Workshop| workshop in October 2012]] to learn more about each other's use of OCR and OCR output, plan a February 2013 [http://tinyurl.com/idigbioaocrhackathon hackathon], develop content for our iSchools 2013 iConference workshop panel, and learn more about the latest developments in handwriting recognition. We put together iDigBio's first hackathon and presented our working group plans at [http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/workshop11/v iConference13]. In December of 2013, at the iDigBio CITScribe hackathon, the aOCR working group built some working demos of visualization tools that facilitate searching of OCR output. These tools present novel ways to create record sets for citizen scientists, researchers, and data validators too. A recorded demonstration iDigBio webinar: Visualize Text Data From OCR Output on 22 January 2014 presented live demos of these OCR output visualization tools to show how they fit in a digitization workflow. | ||
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