The Image and Spatial Data Analysis Group at the National Center for
Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
presented at SAA 2012 on their work with OCR and handwritten census data.
Very interesting and if I recall correctly there was mention of grant
opportunities for work on large data sets.
ISDA Census page: http://isda.ncsa.illinois.edu/drupal/project/census
Presentation on slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/NARACAST/free-and-searchable-access-to-the-1940-census-data
- Brian
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On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Donna Campbell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On a related note, I am looking for a recommendation for software that
> provides OCR for handwriting (print and/or cursive). To clarify, this
> would be pen ink on paper not digital ink.
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