Optical Character Recognition Applied to Romanian Printed Texts of the 18th–20th Century

The paper discusses Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of historical texts of the 18th–20th century in the Romanian language using the Cyrillic script. We differ three epochs (approximately, the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries), with different usage of the Cyrillic alphabet in Romanian and, corre...

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Main Authors:	Svetlana Cojocaru, Alexandru Colesnicov, Ludmila Malahov, Tudor Bumbu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova 2016-04-01
Series:	Computer Science Journal of Moldova
Online Access:	http://www.math.md/files/csjm/v24-n1/v24-n1-(pp106-117).pdf

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spelling	doaj-766dd333240d417aa59d0d0e6ac073682020-11-24T22:39:16ZengInstitute of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Academy of Sciences of MoldovaComputer Science Journal of Moldova1561-40422016-04-01241(70)106117Optical Character Recognition Applied to Romanian Printed Texts of the 18th–20th CenturySvetlana Cojocaru0Alexandru Colesnicov1Ludmila Malahov2Tudor Bumbu3Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Academiei str. 5, MD-2028 Chisinau, MoldovaInstitute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Academiei str. 5, MD-2028 Chisinau, MoldovaInstitute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Academiei str. 5, MD-2028 Chisinau, MoldovaInstitute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Academiei str. 5, MD-2028 Chisinau, MoldovaThe paper discusses Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of historical texts of the 18th–20th century in the Romanian language using the Cyrillic script. We differ three epochs (approximately, the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries), with different usage of the Cyrillic alphabet in Romanian and, correspondingly, different approach to OCR. We developed historical alphabets and sets of glyphs recognition templates specific for each epoch. The dictionaries in proper alphabets and orthographies were also created. In addition, virtual keyboards, fonts, transliteration utilities, etc. were developed. The resulting technology and toolset permit successful recognition of historical Romanian texts in the Cyrillic script. After transliteration to the modern Latin script we obtain no-barrier access to historical documents.http://www.math.md/files/csjm/v24-n1/v24-n1-(pp106-117).pdf
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author	Svetlana Cojocaru Alexandru Colesnicov Ludmila Malahov Tudor Bumbu
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author_facet	Svetlana Cojocaru Alexandru Colesnicov Ludmila Malahov Tudor Bumbu
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title	Optical Character Recognition Applied to Romanian Printed Texts of the 18th–20th Century
title_short	Optical Character Recognition Applied to Romanian Printed Texts of the 18th–20th Century
title_full	Optical Character Recognition Applied to Romanian Printed Texts of the 18th–20th Century
title_fullStr	Optical Character Recognition Applied to Romanian Printed Texts of the 18th–20th Century
title_full_unstemmed	Optical Character Recognition Applied to Romanian Printed Texts of the 18th–20th Century
title_sort	optical character recognition applied to romanian printed texts of the 18th–20th century
publisher	Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova
series	Computer Science Journal of Moldova
issn	1561-4042
publishDate	2016-04-01
description	The paper discusses Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of historical texts of the 18th–20th century in the Romanian language using the Cyrillic script. We differ three epochs (approximately, the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries), with different usage of the Cyrillic alphabet in Romanian and, correspondingly, different approach to OCR. We developed historical alphabets and sets of glyphs recognition templates specific for each epoch. The dictionaries in proper alphabets and orthographies were also created. In addition, virtual keyboards, fonts, transliteration utilities, etc. were developed. The resulting technology and toolset permit successful recognition of historical Romanian texts in the Cyrillic script. After transliteration to the modern Latin script we obtain no-barrier access to historical documents.
url	http://www.math.md/files/csjm/v24-n1/v24-n1-(pp106-117).pdf
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Optical Character Recognition Applied to Romanian Printed Texts of the 18th–20th Century

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