DocumentCode :
1714480
Title :
Document and handwriting analysis for archive index card conversion
Author :
Downton, A.C. ; Lucas, S.M. ; Cracknell, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Essex Univ., Colchester, UK
fYear :
1998
Abstract :
Museums and libraries have an urgent need to find ways of computerising archive card indexes to support computational analysis and automated database interrogation of their curatorial records. Existing commercial OCR software and document analysis packages are totally inadequate for handling the diverse heterogeneous formats of typescript, hand-print and handwriting encountered in archive indexes. This paper outlines the problems to be overcome in transcribing archive indexes, and proposes a progressive approach to archive conversion in which a hierarchical interpretation of each card image is recorded for posterity. Systems developed using the tools proposed will have application in museums, libraries and archives all over the world, establishing this field as a major future commercial application of document and handwriting analysis
Keywords :
optical character recognition; archive index card conversion; card images; document analysis; handwriting analysis; hierarchical image interpretation; library; museums;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
iet
Conference_Titel :
Handwriting Analysis and Recognition (Ref. No. 1998/440), IEE Third European Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19980697
Filename :
721544
Link To Document :
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