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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.IMAGE OF THE BEASTVie (Vidette Entertainment Magazine) 16 January 198085%
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2.Services Held For WattersonThe Vidette 15 November 196685%
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3.Women swimmers first; credit 'total team effort'The Vidette 28 January 198083%
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4.Military build-up alarming, disarmament right directionThe Vidette 23 January 198083%
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5.Beautiful People offer helpful energy tipsThe Vidette 14 January 198083%
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6.Fell Hall transformer replacedThe Vidette 14 January 198083%
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7.Zaffiri Names Kelly Product Of EnvironmentThe Vidette 15 November 196683%
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8.Schermer selected as new SOAP directorThe Vidette 27 June 197880%
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9.Page 10 Advertisements Column 2The Vidette 25 January 198080%
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10.Carter asks for Olympic boycottThe Vidette 21 January 198080%
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11.Donewald source of team's ailmentThe Vidette 21 January 198080%
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12.Students still firm on shah as ransomThe Vidette 14 January 198080%
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13.Nestle nurses deceiving mothersThe Vidette 14 January 198080%
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14.Ginkgo Tree May Hold Cure For Ailments, Common ColdThe Vidette 15 November 196680%
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15.Refugees say Soviets use powerful chemical bombsThe Vidette 24 January 198075%
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16.21 and overThe Vidette 14 January 198075%
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17.Page 3 Advertisements Column 2The Vidette 14 January 198075%
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18.Policy given on drinking ageThe Vidette 14 January 198075%
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19.Carter could request Olympic cite changeThe Vidette 14 January 198075%
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20.Movin' inThe Vidette 14 January 198075%
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1.Unnumbered PageThe Vidette 24 January 198095%
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2.Page 4The Vidette 24 January 198095%
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3.Page 4The Vidette 28 January 198095%
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4.Page 4The Vidette 23 January 198095%
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5.Page 4The Vidette 21 January 198095%
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6.Unnumbered PageThe Vidette 22 February 196194%
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7.Page 2The Vidette 27 June 197894%
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8.Page 2The Vidette 28 January 198094%
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9.Page 2The Vidette 25 January 198094%
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10.Page 15The Vidette 14 January 198093%
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11.Unnumbered PageThe Vidette 15 November 196692%
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12.Unnumbered PageThe Vidette 14 January 198091%
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13.Page 3The Vidette 23 January 198090%
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14.Unnumbered PageThe Vidette 21 January 198090%
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15.Page 13The Vidette 28 January 198089%
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16.Page 9The Vidette 25 January 198089%
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17.Page 3The Vidette 24 January 198089%
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18.Page 4The Vidette 14 January 198088%
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19.Page 7The Vidette 24 January 198087%
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20.Unnumbered PageThe Vidette 13 January 197086%
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