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https://github.com/cneud/alto-tools
Python tools for performing various operations on ALTO XML files
https://github.com/cneud/alto-tools
alto-xml digital-library optical-character-recognition
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Python tools for performing various operations on ALTO XML files
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/cneud/alto-tools
- Owner: cneud
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2015-09-04T14:40:20.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-10-13T15:00:51.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-06T11:35:50.027Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: alto-xml, digital-library, optical-character-recognition
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 107 KB
- Stars: 39
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 15
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
ALTO Tools
Python tools for performing various operations on ALTO XML files
---
## Installation
You can install from [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/alto-tools/) by running
```bash
pip install alto-tools
```
or clone the repository, enter it and run
```bash
pip install .
```
## Usage
```bash
alto-tools [OPTION]
```
`INPUT` should be the path to an ALTO xml file or directory containing ALTO xml files.
The following `OPTIONS` are currently supported:
| OPTION | Description |
|------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `-t` `--text` | Extract UTF-8 encoded text content |
| `-c` `--confidence` | Extract mean OCR word confidence score |
| `-i` `--illustrations` | Extract bounding box coordinates of `` elements |
| `-g` `--graphics` | Extract bounding box coordinates of `` elements |
| `-s` `--statistics` | Extract statistical info (no. of textlines, words, glyphs etc.) |
All output is sent to `stdout`.