Common Newspaper OCR errors

From: Mia (will not see replies to gmail) <mia.ridge_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:52:37 +0000
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Dear all,

Asking for colleagues - does anyone know of suggestions/lists of common OCR
errors when dealing with newspapers?

Cheers,
Mia

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