Monday, June 9, 2014

Only One Troutvetter-OCR Not Perfect

Remember that OCR is not perfect. This image is a partial screen shot of a search for "Troutvetter" on the American Memory collection at the Library of Congress website. For some reason, it "found" the second Troutvetter reference, but not the one three lines above it. The "v" in the first one is darker and that may explain the reason it wasn't found.

Just something to keep in mind as we rely on OCR more and more in our research.

1 comment:

  1. It is a wonder we are able to find anything. Here's a paragraph of the TEXT version from page 1, Memphis Daily Appeal, 6 June 1883:

    MEMPHIS, TEiSnST,, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1S83.
    VOL. XLIII-NO.133
    THE
    MEMPHIS
    EAL.
    V
    BICATIOSS.
    For Tennessee and Hie Ohio Valley oceiaional
    light rain, anWmutd vnrm muthcrlyto westerly
    windi, tlalumnry or loner barometer.
    Tiierr in a ijeneral complaint in Texas
    th it the wool clip in iinuuallv li;;bt, falling
    from one to tbrrc pound short of what it
    wt last year.

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