The Toyo Bunko Archive: a source of joy and torment
As promised previously, in this post I am leading you in a deep dive into a major digital archive I … Continue reading The Toyo Bunko Archive: a source of joy and torment
Category: OCR
eScriptorium: Digital Text Production for Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali Print, part 1
State-of-the-art OCR engines use trainable models to perform two consecutive tasks that produce machine-actionable transcriptions. They first segment the position … Continue reading eScriptorium: Digital Text Production for Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali Print, part 1
The Japanese Diaspora in Digital Sources: The Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection
All scholars engaged in the study of the Japanese diaspora can profit from the treasure trove of resources on the … Continue reading The Japanese Diaspora in Digital Sources: The Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection
Practicing Reading Cursive Japanese with Miwo
Most people involved in Japanese studies with access to a smartphone or tablet will be aware of the kuzushiji (cursive … Continue reading Practicing Reading Cursive Japanese with Miwo
Introduction to eScriptorium, HTR for Hebrew Manuscripts, part 2
The first part of this post covered starting a project with eScriptorium and properly segmenting a page to prepare it … Continue reading Introduction to eScriptorium, HTR for Hebrew Manuscripts, part 2
Introduction to eScriptorium, HTR for Hebrew Manuscripts, part 1
Exegetes interested in textual criticism need ready access to digitized and digitalized versions of Hebrew manuscripts so that they must … Continue reading Introduction to eScriptorium, HTR for Hebrew Manuscripts, part 1
Transkribus and Kirishitanban: Some Initial Experiments
Inspired by a workshop given by Dr. Alex Mallett (Waseda University) that I attended in May last year, I recently … Continue reading Transkribus and Kirishitanban: Some Initial Experiments
The multiple purposes of neural network for the recognition of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics complexity
This is a contribution by Andrea Barucci, Constanza Cucci, Massimiliano Franci, Marco Loschiavo and Fabrizio Argenti. For their short bios, … Continue reading The multiple purposes of neural network for the recognition of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics complexity
A Study on the Accuracy of Low-cost User-friendly OCR Systems for Arabic: Part 2
This week we publish the second part of “A Study on the Accuracy of Low-cost User-friendly OCR Systems for Arabic” … Continue reading A Study on the Accuracy of Low-cost User-friendly OCR Systems for Arabic: Part 2
A Study on the Accuracy of Low-cost User-friendly OCR Systems for Arabic: Part 1
This week’s guest contribution is by Ishida Yuri, Okayama University, Special-Appointment Assistant Professor, and Shinoda Tomoaki, Tokyo University of Foreign … Continue reading A Study on the Accuracy of Low-cost User-friendly OCR Systems for Arabic: Part 1
The Digital Orientalist 