[BCMA] OCR for international phonetic alphabet

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Hello, 

 

At the qathet Museum and Archives we’re digitizing some text records that
have some creative/historic spellings or spellings similar to IPA. For
example, Sliammon is written Slaiäman. Has anyone had any experience making
IPA characters searchable with OCR. 

 

This also had me thinking – how do different archives deal with multiple
spellings of historic place names? Do you create a research aid for
researchers or make notes to accompany each archival record? I am thinking
for example, of someone who wants to research Tla’amin history – they might
have results by keyword searching Tla’amin, Sliammon, Slaiäman, or other
variations. 

 

Curious to hear about different methods,

 

 

Ava Hansen

Museum Manager

qathet Museum & Archives

4790 Marine Avenue

PO Box 42 Powell River, BC, V8A 4Z5

(604) 485-2222   <http://www.qathetmuseum.ca/> www.qathetmuseum.ca 



 

The qathet Museum & Archives is located on the traditional territory of the
Tla’amin Nation.

 

 

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