Digitisation & OCR: Better, faster, cheaper. Solutions of the IMPACT Centre of Competence and future challenges

Submitted by Dave Roberts on Mon, 21/03/2011 - 15:26

The IMPACT Project (Improving Access to Text) started on 1st January
2008 with the aim to significantly improve the accessibility of
historical printed text. It planned to do this by pushing innovation in
optical character recognition (OCR) and language technology for
historical document processing and retrieval. IMPACT also aimed to
remove the barriers that stand in the way of the mass digitisation of
the European cultural heritage by sharing expertise and building
capacity in digitisation across Europe.

In 2011 the IMPACT Centre of Competence will be launched, with the
aim to make digitisation of historical printed text in Europe better,
faster, cheaper, and provide tools, services and facilities for further
advancement of the state of the art in this field.