Survey: Use of OCR for non-Latin fonts

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Dear community,
significant progress has been made in OCR technology in recent years, particularly through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
Do you already have experience with the use of OCR, especially with regard to non-Latin fonts and right-to-left script? Which tools have given you good results? What obstacles have you encountered?

By taking part in this survey, you will help us to gain an overview of the needs of the professional community in the OCR field.
There are 11 questions waiting for you, which will probably take 5-10 minutes of your time.

The survey is open for you until 08 November 2024.

Thank you very much in advance for your participation!

To the survey

Questions
  • Haben Sie Erfahrung mit der Anwendung von OCR für nichtlateinische Schriften?/ Do you have experience in using OCR for non-Latin scripts?
  • In welchen Forschungsbereichen setzen Sie OCR ein?/ In which areas of research do you use OCR?
  • Wie oft verwenden Sie OCR?/ How often do you use OCR?
  • Zu welchen Zwecken wurde mit OCR gearbeitet? Wofür wird der generierte Text verwendet?/ For what purposes was OCR used? What is the generated text used for?
  • Welche Tools wurden hierfür verwendet?/ Which tools were used?
  • Haben Sie Präferenzen für bestimmte OCR Technologien oder -Anbieter? Warum?/ Do you have preferences for certain OCR technologies or providers? Why?
  • Waren die Ergebnisse zufriedenstellend?/ Were the results satisfactory? 1. sehr unzufrieden; 2. unzufrieden; 3. neutral; 4. zufrieden; 5. sehr zufrieden/ 1. very dissatisfied; 2. dissatisfied; 3. neutral; 4. satisfied; 5. very satisfied
  • Wurden OCR generierte Texte mit oder ohne manuelle Korrektur weiterverarbeitet?/ Were OCR-generated texts processed with or without manual correction?
  • Haben Sie Erfahrung mit der OCR von bi- oder multiskriptualen Texten (z.B. arabisches, lateinisches usw. Alphabet auf einer Seite)/ Do you have experience with the OCR of bi- or multi-script texts (e.g. Arabic, Latin etc. alphabet on one page)?
  • Welche Herausforderungen gab es generell bei der OCR Anwendung?/ What were the general challenges with the OCR application?
  • In welcher Position haben Sie OCR zuletzt verwendet?/ In which position did you last use OCR?

Results:

Thank you to all the participants for taking the time to answer our survey. We have summarised the results of the survey in a report.

Results report