This morning I tackled my first attempt at using OCR technology. Pretty handy technology, took about two seconds to upload and transcribe a full page of text. However, despite being mostly accurate, there were a few glaring errors. Minor spelling problems here and there, but it also skipped a full line of text and increased the size of the “pieces of his skull knocked from his head” from 1 1/2 inches long to 155 inches long. A pretty big discrepancy! So the moral of the story is, OCR can be a really useful tool, but make sure you check the transcription against the original and correct for errors.
Analyses of research sources coming up in a separate post.
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