The workshop wrapped up with a testing Q&A from delegates about the potential uses and availability of the IMPACT Tools. …
Use of digitised and OCRed text collections by end users
Geneviève Cron of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (BnF) begins by discussing the BNF’s digital library: Gallica. A million documents …
A gentle introduction to lexicon building and application
Katrien Depuydt of the Institute for Dutch Lexicology (INL) begins with the distinction between a lexicon and an electronic dictionary. …
Tools for Document Image Analysis
Ioannis Pratikakis of the NCSR – National Center for Scientific Research – “Demokritos” now provides a live demo of various …
The Functional Extension Parser – a rule-based system for flexible structural analysis
Lukas Gander of Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol (University and Regional Library Tyrol) outlines the concept behind the Functional Extension Parser: …
Working in CONCERT – public participation in mass digitisation
Next on stage is Niall Anderson from the British Library, talking about public participation in mass digitisation, and “why we …
The challenges of historical materials and an overview on the technical solutions in IMPACT
Sven Schlarb of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library) now talks about the challenges of text digitisation for OCR and …
Overview of the IMPACT Project
Aly Conteh returns to the stage to explain the context in which IMPACT sees itself operating. He explains first of …
OCR in libraries – some practical remarks
Next, Günter Mühlberger of Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol (University and Regional Library Tyrol) talks about the situation with regard to …
Optical Character Recognition – introduction and overview
Michael Fuchs of Abbyy starts by explaining the work of his company within IMPACT: Abbyy provides the other partners with …