Google Docs and OCR: Some Experiments Transcribing Japanese Language Texts
In the past year or so I have been seeing and hearing an increasing amount about the capabilities of Google…
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Automatic Arabic Translation Using Google: A Test
Several months ago a rather interesting blog post was brought to my attention. This was a post by Christopher Rose…
Minna de honkoku: An Overview and Reflection
In a piece that I wrote for the Digital Orientalist last year, I compiled a list of digital resources for…
Book and Document Scanning with the CZUR Aura X Pro
I recently purchased a CZUR Aura X Pro to scan documents and books in my office, home, and at libraries…
Google Lens for Syriac: Something Groundbreaking?
Recently, Google updated its engine on many smartphones in order to add the new technology of Google Lens to its…
Brief Notes on OCR and the Automated Transcription of Syriac Books
Recently, I have been experimenting to see how well Google Docs can transcribe and perform OCR on Syriac books in…
Digitizing Indian Music
This article presents the project of digitization of a large amount of handwritten material that is part of the Fondo Daniélou at Cini Foundation (San Giorgio, Venice).
ScanTailor: Installation Instructions and Impressions
When we cannot find a digitized version on the internet, we photograph or scan a book or article ourselves. We…
Some Thoughts about Arabic-Script OCR
Recently, as a result of my current research project —an edition and translation of al-Maqrizi’s fifteenth-century chronicle al-Suluk for the Ayyubid period…
Cursive Japanese and OCR: Using KuroNet
The Center for Open Data in the Humanities’ KuroNet Kuzushiji Ninshiki Sābisu (KuroNetくずし字認識サービス) launched late last year. KuroNet is a…