Researchers have developed a machine-readable catalog for the personal archives of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, comprising 2,019 files and over 51,000 scans. This catalog includes dating for most files and a classification of each scan as either handwriting or typescript. Additionally, the paper introduces a novel method for evaluating handwritten text recognition (HTR) accuracy in archival settings lacking ground truth, by comparing manuscript and typed versions of documents. AI
RANK_REASON The item describes an academic paper detailing a new catalog and a method for measuring HTR accuracy. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.7]
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