Mambrino Project and OCR technologies: state of the art

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13136/2284-2667/89

Keywords:

chivalric fiction, Italy, Amadis of Gaul’s cycle, Optical Character Recognition, OCR, HTR, early printed materials, Transkribus

Abstract

This article deals with the latest results obtained by the Mambrino Project with OCR technologies. The results obtained with ABBY FineReader and Transkribus platforms are discussed in relation to the Italian chivalric corpus.

Author Biography

  • Stefano Bazzaco, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature University of Verona
    Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Straniere Moderne

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Published

2018-12-20

Issue

No. 6 (2018): Maritime geographies. Chivalric romance and Byzantine romance

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Miscellanea

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Copyright (c) 2018 Stefano Bazzaco

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