SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PREPARATION AND SEARCHING OF SCANNED DOCUMENTS

摘要

A system and a method for converting microfilm data in a digital format for publishing through a network such as the Internet. First, an image is created of the microfilm, preferably in the TIFF format. Next, the words of the image are recognized through a process of OCR (optical character recognition), with an associated probability of error. The image data can then be converted into a digital format for publication, for example as XML data. Preferably, the user is able to perform a keyword search on the digital format data. More preferably, the keyword search is an adaptive search.