2021:Submissions/OCR and other tools for Wikisource

OCR and other tools for Wikisource

Building 3 · Monday, August 16, 07:00 UTC

Session Notes (etherpad)

Speakers

• Ruthven
• Sam Wilson
• Natalia Rodriguez

Abstract

An overview of recent developments with tools for Wikisource, including the new OCR tool.

Wikisource is a project that makes use of several technicalities to alleviate the user's job in reading texts. Optical character recognition (OCR) in this sense is central for the project, and is currently the object of several improvements. The Wikisource community follows these improvements with attention, as any other tool that can be integrated in the multi-language project. This presentation is an opportunity to have a glimpse on the Wishlist selection process done by Community Tech, and the new tools developped for Wikisource, with a particular focus on OCR.

Useful links:

• OCR Tool (web interface; usual interaction is via Page editing on Wikisources)
• WS Export
• IA Upload
• Community Tech team
  • Community Wishlist Survey 2020
  • Community Wishlist Survey 2021
    • Wishlist prioritization process
• Tesseract OCR

Session Outcomes

• Link to Etherpad

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1. Jahl de Vautban (talk) 08:42, 5 August 2021 (UTC) (French Wikisource)
2. Cantons-de-l'Est (talk) 18:53, 5 August 2021 (UTC) (French Wikisource)
3. FreeCorp (talk) 06:39, 8 August 2021 (UTC) (French Wikisource)
4. Ankry (talk) 16:15, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
5. Sohom data (talk) 18:11, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
6. Soorya Hebbar (talk) 04:23, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
7. --Ferdi2005 (talk) 12:22, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
8. Satdeep Gill (talk) 13:53, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
9. Viticulum (talk) 16:03, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
10. OrbiliusMagister (talk) 08:09, 12 August 2021 (UTC) (Italian Wikisource)
11. Jayantanth (talk) 06:00, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
12. AdaHephais (talk) 15:02, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
13. Kasyap (talk) 06:24, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
14. NANöR (talk) 07:01, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
15. Obuezie (talk) 09:02, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
16. —CmdrDan (talk) 08:55, 17 August 2021 (UTC)