Correcting OCR

Text Correcting: FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions Where do I start?  Many correctors start with newspapers from their chosen area – either they live there or their ancestors lived there. However some correctors don’t base their corrections off a geographic area but rather a subject area they are researching – so they will correct articles based on subject regardless…

How to Correct Article and Title Text

The text correction functionality is accessed through the “Correct this text” link on the left menu when viewing the individual article. You must be logged into your personal account in order to edit/correct text.   This view is split into two parts: the right side shows the page images that make up the document, and…

Correcting Article Titles

Correcting the OCR text of an article does not automatically correct the title of the article, even if you typed the same statement in to the text area.  You need to specifically select the title to correct. Steps: Find the article that you wish to correct the title of. Select it by clicking on the…

How to Correct OCR Text

The text correction interface is accessed by clicking the “Correct this text” link when viewing section text. This interface is split into two parts: the right side shows the page images that make up the document, and the left side is used for editing the lines of text. When you move your mouse over the…

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