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license: cc0-1.0 |
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### Dataset description |
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33.000 transcribed text lines from historical newspapers (before 1878) along with the cropped images of the original scans |
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Text line based OCR |
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19.000 text lines in Antiqua |
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14.000 text lines in Fraktur |
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Transcribed using double-keying (99.95% accuracy) |
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Public Domain, CC0 (See copyright notice) |
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Best for training an OCR engine |
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The newspapers used are: |
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- Le Gratis luxembourgeois (1857-1858) |
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- Luxemburger Volks-Freund (1869-1876) |
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- L'Arlequin (1848-1848) |
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- Courrier du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (1844-1868) |
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- L'Avenir (1868-1871) |
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- Der Wächter an der Sauer (1849-1869) |
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- Luxemburger Zeitung (1844-1845) |
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- Luxemburger Zeitung = Journal de Luxembourg (1858-1859) |
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- Der Volksfreund (1848-1849) |
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- Cäcilia (1862-1871) |
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- Kirchlicher Anzeiger für die Diözese Luxemburg (1871-1878) |
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- L'Indépendance luxembourgeoise (1871-1878) |
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- Luxemburger Anzeiger (1856) |
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- L'Union (1860-1871) |
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- Diekircher Wochenblatt (1837-1848) |
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- Das Vaterland (1869-1870) |
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- D'Wäschfra (1868-1878) |
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- Luxemburger Bauernzeitung (1857) |
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- Luxemburger Wort (1848-1878) |
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### URL for this dataset |
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https://data.bnl.lu/data/historical-newspapers/ |
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### Dataset format |
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Two JSONL files (antiqua.jsonl.gz and fraktur.jsonl.gz) with the follwing fields: |
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- `font` is either antiqua or fraktur |
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- `img` is the filename of the associated image for the text |
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- `text` is the handcorrected double-keyed text transcribed from the image |
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Sample: |
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```json |
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{ |
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"font": "fraktur", |
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"img": "fraktur-000011.png", |
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"text": "Vidal die Vollmacht für Paris an. Auch" |
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} |
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``` |
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In addition there are two `.zip` files with the associated images |
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### Dataset modality |
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Text and associated Images from Scans |
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### Dataset licence |
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Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication and Certification |
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### size of dataset |
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500MB-2GB |
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### Contact details for data custodian |
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[email protected] |
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