Category: OCR Dictionaries and Lexica
IMPACT Final Conference – Evaluation of lexicon supported OCR and information retrieval
Jesse De Does from the INL gave a brief but rich presentation on the evaluation of lexicon supported OCR and the project’s recent improvements. To evaluate lexica in OCR, the FineReader SDK 10 is used. In short, the software measures OCR with a default included dictionary, and, for each word or fuzzy set, it gives … Continue reading "IMPACT Final Conference – Evaluation of lexicon supported OCR and information retrieval"
IMPACT Final Conference-Overview of language work in IMPACT
Katrien Depuydt provided a brief overview of the IMPACT project’s work packages devoted to creating language tools and lexicon to aid in both information retrieval and OCR processing. How might one measure successful improvement to the access of text? She cleverly posits that the key will be in asking ourselves: “Can we handle the “world”? … Continue reading "IMPACT Final Conference-Overview of language work in IMPACT"
IMPACT Final Conference – Post-Correction on IMPACT with Ulrich Reffle
Developing a unique user tool with a team led by Prof. Schulz, Ulrich Reffle along with Annette Gotscharek, Christoph Ringlstetter and Thorsten Vobl. at the University of Munich have potentially revolutionised the speed at which researchers can analyse texts.
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. Dictionaries are primarily for human use and organised so that each entry is an item in itself. Lexica on the other hand are primarily for computation, and used for linguistic annotation, enhanced retrieval (like tracking … Continue reading "A gentle introduction to lexicon building and application"