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Survey: Use of OCR for non-Latin fonts

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Questions

  • Do you have experience in using OCR for non-Latin scripts?
  • In which areas of research do you use OCR?
  • How often do you use OCR?
  • For what purposes was OCR used? For what purposes was OCR used? What is the generated text used for?
  • Which tools were used for this?
  • Do you have preferences for certain OCR technologies or providers? Do you have preferences for certain OCR technologies or providers? Why?
  • Were the results satisfactory? 1. very dissatisfied; 2. dissatisfied; 3. neutral; 4. satisfied; 5. very satisfied/ 1. very dissatisfied; 2. dissatisfied; 3. neutral; 4. satisfied; 5. very satisfied
  • Were OCR-generated texts processed with or without manual correction?
  • Do you have experience with the OCR of bi- or multi-script texts (e.g. Arabic, Latin etc. alphabet on one page)?
  • What were the general challenges with the OCR application?
  • In which position did you last use OCR?

Results of the survey

Many thanks to all participants who took the time to answer our survey. We have summarised the results of the survey in a report.

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