Datasets:
Tasks:
Text Generation
Modalities:
Text
Formats:
parquet
Languages:
English
Size:
10M - 100M
Tags:
ocr
License:
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## Future developments
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This dataset is not a one time work but will continue to evolve significantly on several directions:
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* Correction of computer generated errors in the text. All the texts have been transcribed automatically through the use of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The original files have been digitized over a long time period (since the mid-2000s).
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* Enhancement of the structure/editorial presentation of the original text. Some parts of the original documents are likely unwanted for large scale analysis or model training (header, page count…). Additionally, some advanced document structures like tables or multi-column layout are unlikely to be well formatted. Major enhancements could be experted through applying new SOTA layout recognition models
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* Expansion of the collection to other cultural heritage holdings, especially coming from Hathi Trust, Internet Archive and Google Books.
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The American Stories dataset already include some of theses features (especially better OCR and article-level segmentation) and may be a preferable solution if text quality is a concern.
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## Future developments
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This dataset is not a one time work but will continue to evolve significantly on several directions:
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* Correction of computer generated errors in the text. All the texts have been transcribed automatically through the use of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The original files have been digitized over a long time period (since the mid-2000s).
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* Enhancement of the structure/editorial presentation of the original text. Some parts of the original documents are likely unwanted for large scale analysis or model training (header, page count…). Additionally, some advanced document structures like tables or multi-column layout are unlikely to be well formatted. Major enhancements could be experted through applying new SOTA layout recognition models on the original PDF files.
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* Expansion of the collection to other cultural heritage holdings, especially coming from Hathi Trust, Internet Archive and Google Books.
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The American Stories dataset already include some of theses features (especially better OCR and article-level segmentation) and may be a preferable solution if text quality is a concern.
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