A Semi-automatic Adaptive OCR for Digital Libraries

This paper presents a novel approach for designing a semi-automatic adaptive OCR for large document image collections in digital libraries. We describe an interactive system for continuous improvement of the results of the OCR. In this paper a semi-automatic and adaptive system is implemented. Applicability of our design for the recognition of Indian Languages is demonstrated. Recognition errors are used to train the OCR again so that it adapts and learns for improving its accuracy. Limited human intervention is allowed for evaluating the output of the system and take corrective actions during the recognition process.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: DAS
• Authors: Sachin Rawat, K. S. Sesh Kumar, Million Meshesha, Indraneel Deb Sikdar, A. Balasubramanian, C. V. Jawahar
• Keywords: DAS 2006, Document Analysis, Document Image Collections, Limited Human Intervention, Semi-automatic Adaptive Ocr