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Author: James Harry Morris

Google Docs and OCR: Some Experiments Transcribing Japanese Language Texts
Japanese Studies, OCR, Online Resources, Workflow

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 … Continue reading Google Docs and OCR: Some Experiments Transcribing Japanese Language Texts

Digital Resources for Studying the History of the Ashio Copper Mine
Digitization, Japanese Studies, Online Resources

Digital Resources for Studying the History of the Ashio Copper Mine

I am currently working on a research project on the Ashio Copper Mine Pollution Incident (J. Ashio kōdoku jiken 足尾鉱毒事件) … Continue reading Digital Resources for Studying the History of the Ashio Copper Mine

Making Custom Keyboard Layouts to Transliterate East Asian Languages
Chinese Language, Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Sinology, Workflow

Making Custom Keyboard Layouts to Transliterate East Asian Languages

Many readers will likely be aware of the Digital Orientalist’s Keyboard Layouts (launched in 2014 and improved upon in 2017) … Continue reading Making Custom Keyboard Layouts to Transliterate East Asian Languages

Minna de honkoku: An Overview and Reflection
Japanese Studies, OCR, Online Resources, Software, Workflow

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 … Continue reading Minna de honkoku: An Overview and Reflection

Book and Document Scanning with the CZUR Aura X Pro
Archiving, DH in General, Digitization, Equipment, Hardware, Japanese Studies, OCR

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 … Continue reading Book and Document Scanning with the CZUR Aura X Pro

Digital Resources for Japanese Palaeography
Chinese Language, Japanese Studies, Online Resources

Digital Resources for Japanese Palaeography

This year I have had the pleasure of being involved in the “Tackling Pandemics in Early Modern Japan” transcription project … Continue reading Digital Resources for Japanese Palaeography

Some tools for quickly transliterating Chinese characters
Chinese Language, Online Resources, Sinology

Some tools for quickly transliterating Chinese characters

Students, librarians, and non-Sinologists who occassionally interact with Chinese language sources may want to speed up the process of transliterating … Continue reading Some tools for quickly transliterating Chinese characters

Some Short Reflections on Lists
DH in General, Japanese Studies, Sinology, Syriac Studies, Workflow

Some Short Reflections on Lists

In the past, the Digital Orientalist celebrated the virtues of brevity by regularly publishing short pieces, thoughts, and reflections. Some … Continue reading Some Short Reflections on Lists

An Introduction to SmartHanzi and DDB Access
Chinese Language, Sinology, Software

An Introduction to SmartHanzi and DDB Access

SmartHanzi and DDB Access are interesting apps from the same developer which I came across on Twitter a few years … Continue reading An Introduction to SmartHanzi and DDB Access

The Database of Research on the Imjin War: Some Initial Thoughts
Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Sinology

The Database of Research on the Imjin War: Some Initial Thoughts

Long term readers will likely be aware of my interest in both bibliographies and databases. I have long been involved … Continue reading The Database of Research on the Imjin War: Some Initial Thoughts

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