Digitization of Full-Text Documents Before Publishing on the Internet: A Case Study Reviewing the Latest Optical Character Recognition Technologies.

McClean, Clare M.

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ERIC Number: EJ580019

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Digitization of Full-Text Documents Before Publishing on the Internet: A Case Study Reviewing the Latest Optical Character Recognition Technologies.

McClean, Clare M.

Library Software Review, v17 n3 p165-69 Sep 1998

Reviews strengths and weaknesses of five optical character recognition (OCR) software packages used to digitize paper documents before publishing on the Internet. Outlines options available and stages of the conversion process. Describes the learning experience of Eurotext, a United Kingdom-based electronic libraries project (eLib). (PEN)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Character Recognition, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Full Text Databases, Internet, Optical Scanners

Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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