History Research Hacks

Exploring digital tools & methods

Ocropus on OS X: frustrations

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A promising bit of OCR software seems like more trouble than it’s worth, at least on OS X.

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Naming archival reference photos

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Now that summer is well underway, many historians are deeply ensconced in archival research. Some of us, particularly the newly-ABD, are looking at our digital cameras and carts full of Hollinger boxes and wondering how to make sense of it all. The first step is being able to find an image reliably, and that requires good file naming practices.

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This is where I write about my research in progress, with an emphasis on the experimental work I'm doing with digital tools.

I'm inspired by Jeremy Boggs' call for humanities scholars to write more about our digital tools and research practices.

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