- Text Extractor Tool for Handwritten Document Transcription and Annotation

A Hast, P Cullhed, E Vats - Italian Research Conference on Digital …, 2017 - Springer
A Hast, P Cullhed, E Vats
Italian Research Conference on Digital Libraries, 2017Springer
This paper presents a framework for semi-automatic transcription of large-scale historical
handwritten documents and proposes a simple user-friendly text extractor tool, TexT TexT for
transcription. The proposed approach provides a quick and easy transcription of text using
computer assisted interactive technique. The algorithm finds multiple occurrences of the
marked text on-the-fly using a word spotting system. TexT TexT is also capable of performing
on-the-fly annotation of handwritten text with automatic generation of ground truth labels …
Abstract
This paper presents a framework for semi-automatic transcription of large-scale historical handwritten documents and proposes a simple user-friendly text extractor tool, for transcription. The proposed approach provides a quick and easy transcription of text using computer assisted interactive technique. The algorithm finds multiple occurrences of the marked text on-the-fly using a word spotting system. is also capable of performing on-the-fly annotation of handwritten text with automatic generation of ground truth labels, and dynamic adjustment and correction of user generated bounding box annotations with the word being perfectly encapsulated. The user can view the document and the found words in the original form or with background noise removed for easier visualization of transcription results. The effectiveness of is demonstrated on an archival manuscript collection from well-known publicly available dataset.
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