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PAGE Converter and Validator

PAGE Converter and Validator

Windows Version

This command line tool can be used to convert page layout files to the latest PAGE XML format. It supports all previous versions of the PAGE format as well as ALTO XML and FineReader XML. Apart from the conversion, files can also be validated against a set of ground truthing rules and guidelines.

Additional features include:

  • Text content conversion
  • Removal of layout elements
  • Shifting of layout objects

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Java Version

A basic Java version for conversion only.

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A survey of OCR evaluation tools and metrics

C. Neudecker, K. Baierer, C. Clausner, A. Antonacopoulos, S. Pletschacher

In The 6th International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 13–18.

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