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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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2.SIXTH STREET O’Connell library reopens after revamp Valente Branch to close for three-year renovationThe Cambridge Chronicle 28 January 201691%
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3.Business Porter Sq. welcomes new bookstoreThe Cambridge Chronicle 28 October 200488%
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4.Murder meant to look like work of a ‘john’The Cambridge Chronicle 31 March 200588%
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5.ATHLETIC PLANT PROPOSED FOR HARVARD NEAR FRESHMEN DORMITORIESThe Cambridge Tribune 4 February 192885%
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6.SportlightThe Cambridge Sentinel 22 February 194785%
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7.NEIGHBORHOODS City dedicates ‘Sheldon Cohen Island'The Cambridge Chronicle 21 May 199885%
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8.SUNDER S. JOSHI WILL LECTURE IN THE WESTThe Cambridge Tribune 26 March 193285%
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9.DA: Killers got a ‘rush’ from murderThe Cambridge Chronicle 17 March 200583%
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10.MISCELLANY. THE HYPOCHONDRIAC AND THE PRESS.The Cambridge Chronicle 13 August 184682%
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11.BOSTON BOMBING Tsarnaev's college pal gets six years in prisonThe Cambridge Chronicle 4 June 201581%
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12.MastheadThe Cambridge Sentinel 31 October 190380%
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13.City man gets life in Rindge Towers murderThe Cambridge Chronicle 10 March 198380%
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14.Manuela D'Avilez. Translated for the Boston Atlas, from the French. CONTINUED. CHAPTER XVI. The Jasmine Flower. CHAPTER XVII. The Waking of Honor. CHAPTER XVIII. The Domiciliary Visit. CHAPTER XIX. The Double Trial. CHAPTER XX. The Price of Blood. CHAPTER XXI. The Malediction.The Cambridge Chronicle 2 July 184679%
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15.Breaking new ground on police forceThe Cambridge Chronicle 31 March 198377%
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16.POETRY. A VICTORY.The Cambridge Chronicle 20 August 184675%
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17.POETRY. TO MY BROTHER.The Cambridge Chronicle 17 September 184675%
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18.POETRY. THE FALLEN LEAVES.The Cambridge Chronicle 24 September 184675%
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19.POETRY. PARTING SONG.The Cambridge Chronicle 1 October 184675%
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1.Page 1The Cambridge Tribune 19 March 188797%
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2.Page 2The Cambridge Chronicle 27 January 191296%
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3.Page 6The Cambridge Sentinel 19 November 190496%
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4.Page 8The Cambridge Tribune 14 January 190593%
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5.Page 3The Cambridge Chronicle 11 June 184693%
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6.Page 2The Cambridge Tribune 19 March 188793%
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7.Page 3The Cambridge Chronicle 6 August 184692%
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8.Page 98The Cambridge Chronicle 194691%
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9.Page 1The Cambridge Chronicle 4 March 189387%
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10.Page 1The Cambridge Chronicle 10 February 191286%
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11.Page 1The Cambridge Sentinel 22 February 194786%
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12.Page 1The Cambridge Chronicle 3 February 191283%
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13.Page 3The Cambridge Tribune 14 January 190583%
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14.Page 1The Cambridge Chronicle 2 July 184682%
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15.Page 1The Cambridge Sentinel 31 October 190382%
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16.Page 3The Cambridge Chronicle 13 August 184681%
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17.Page 4The Cambridge Chronicle 6 August 184680%
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18.Page 1The Cambridge Chronicle 21 January 184778%
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19.Page 1The Cambridge Tribune 13 September 190278%
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20.Page 3The Cambridge Tribune 19 March 188776%