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Getting started
When issues are prepared for display online, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software is used to generate searchable text. OCR enables searching of large quantities of full-text data, but it is never 100% accurate. The level of accuracy depends on the print quality of the original issue, its condition at the time of microfilming, the level of detail captured by the microfilm scanner, and the quality of the OCR software. Issues with poor quality paper, small print, mixed fonts, multiple column layouts, or damaged pages may have poor OCR accuracy.
OCR text correction allows members of the public to help improve the searchability of this collection by correcting errors in the text of the digitized newspapers. Saving these corrections to the collection database improves the accuracy of the text, which enables better search results and a richer experience for all users.
We welcome new contributors to our OCR text correction community. Anyone can participate as long as they have created an account and logged in.
OCR text corrections are saved to the database and will improve the service for all users by increasing the accuracy of search results.
There are two ways you can begin to correct text. From the document viewer:
- Select the article or page you want to correct. This will display the text in the left pane of the document viewer. Click on the "Correct this text" link that appears above this text.
- Right-click on the article or page image and select "Correct article text" or "Correct page text" from the options pop-up window.
The text correction interface is split into two parts: the right side shows the page images that make up the document, and the left side is used for editing the lines of text.
When you move your mouse over the page images in the right pane, the blocks making up the pages will highlight. You can scroll this view by dragging with the mouse, or zoom in/out using the buttons above the viewer. Clicking a highlighted block will select it and load a form for editing that block into the left pane.
Correct the text line by line. A red box is displayed in the right pane to help you determine what text should be included in the line. Once you have finished correcting text, click "Save". The changes you make will take effect immediately.
You can then make further corrections to the same block, move onto the next block by clicking the "Save & next" or "Next" button, select another block in the right pane, or exit the text correction view by clicking the "Return to viewing mode" link.
Clicking "Save & exit" instead of "Save" will save the changes and then return you to the normal viewing mode automatically.
Hint: Many web browsers include spell checking functionality and this can assist with your text correction by identifying misspelt words. If your web browser does not have this functionality, it's likely there is a spell checking add-on available (see your web browser's help for information on how to install add-ons).
For recommendations about topics such as punctuation, misspellings and illegible text, see General guidelines for text correction.
These are the items in the collection that are the most complete — please help to finish them.
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1.SPRIGGS ON TRIAL.Kingston Daily Freeman 21 March 190680%
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2.MOMBACCUS.Kingston Daily Freeman 17 October 191280%
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3.Moulton's MeditationsKingston Daily Freeman 24 February 191280%
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4.TWENTY AND TEN YEARS AGO.Kingston Daily Freeman 3 January 191280%
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5.Her MissionKingston Daily Freeman 13 October 191180%
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6.Trial by JuryKingston Daily Freeman 3 February 191180%
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7.HUMOR OF THE GREEKSKingston Daily Freeman 28 February 191080%
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8.WILLING TO DODGE.Kingston Daily Freeman 12 November 190980%
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9.CLOSING HOURS OF SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.Kingston Daily Freeman 21 October 190980%
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10.OLD SLEUTH'S VISIT ALONG PISTOL ROW.Kingston Daily Freeman 13 October 190980%
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11.BIG HARVEST OP JUICY PLUMS.Kingston Daily Freeman 22 May 190980%
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12.RIGHT TO HURL ROCKS IN PERIL.Kingston Daily Freeman 14 September 190880%
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13.EVELYN THAW ON THE STAND.Kingston Daily Freeman 25 February 190780%
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14.KINGSTON MAY SLIP INTO THE SEA.Kingston Daily Freeman 17 January 190780%
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15.HEARST WILL BE IN THE FIELD.Kingston Daily Freeman 14 July 190680%
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16.CHESTER GILLETTE ARRESTED AT INLET.Kingston Daily Freeman 14 July 190680%
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17.COURT REBUKED BY GENERAL FUNSTON.Kingston Daily Freeman 7 July 190680%
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18.LIFE OF THOMAS TELFORD ENDED.Kingston Daily Freeman 25 April 190680%
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19.WILL ROOSEVELT BE A CANDIDATE IN 1912?Kingston Daily Freeman 17 April 190680%
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20.CONGRESS IN SESSION.Kingston Daily Freeman 4 December 190580%
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1.Page 3Millbrook Round Table 7 May 194897%
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2.Page 6Millbrook Round Table 12 January 189597%
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3.Page 2Scarsdale Inquirer 16 August 190697%
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4.Page 5Millbrook Round Table 7 July 190097%
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5.Page 2Scarsdale Inquirer 12 July 190697%
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6.Page 1Scarsdale Inquirer 23 August 190697%
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7.Page 6Scarsdale Inquirer 21 March 196897%
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8.Page 2Kingston Daily Freeman 31 December 195597%
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9.Page 6Millbrook Round Table 7 July 190096%
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10.Page 2Scarsdale Inquirer 21 June 190696%
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11.Page 2Scarsdale Inquirer 7 June 190696%
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12.Page 1Scarsdale Inquirer 14 January 190496%
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13.Page 4Scarsdale Inquirer 1 November 190696%
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14.Page 1Scarsdale Inquirer 10 September 190396%
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15.Page 1Scarsdale Inquirer 5 November 190396%
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16.Page 2Scarsdale Inquirer 5 May 190496%
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17.Page 2Scarsdale Inquirer 31 May 190696%
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18.Page 2Scarsdale Inquirer 5 April 190696%
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19.Page 4Scarsdale Inquirer 8 February 190696%
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20.Page 3Scarsdale Inquirer 4 October 190696%
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