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Kim- Yes, I have a script that Jon Stroop wrote to do something very similar: https://github.com/pulibrary/pulfa-sausage-factory/blob/master/bin/orient_image.sh <https://github.com/pulibrary/pulfa-sausage-factory/blob/master/bin/orient_image.sh> The use case was a little different (orient the page each possible way and check which way was the correct orientation based on how many words were in the dictionary), but I think it should be easy to adapt to your needs. -Esmé > On Sep 2, 2021, at 4:07 PM, Kimberly Kennedy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hello! > > I was wondering if anyone has created a script or tool to compare the words > in a text file to a dictionary? I'm looking for a way to quantify the > quality of OCR output. I've heard that counting the number of words that > are in the dictionary is a good quick and dirty way to do this, but I would > like to be able to run this script on larger batches of text files so I can > compare OCR engines (not count words manually). > > Let me know if you have any existing tools or thoughts about how to go > about this! > > Thanks, > > Kim > > > > Kimberly Kennedy > Digital Production Coordinator > Northeastern University Library > [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask]