Tag: web archiving

Articles and experiments related to web archiving.

Idle observation: Indexing text in images

During a trip to Llangollen, I noticed that the historical information on local signs wasn't available online. This sparked an idea to make such information accessible on the web, especially for those with reading difficulties. I experimented with my existing image text extraction tool and found it works surprisingly well on these types of images. I'm now considering creating a website dedicated to archiving and indexing the text from informational signs, inspired by Google's Navlekhā project which helps offline Indian publishers digitize their content.

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