Initiative #66
Optical Character Recognition Data transcription tool (See B6, B26)
Listed in the registry Pilot Original language : English
About the initiative
Description of the initiative
Built a proof of concept tool to facilitate data transcription and validation from hand-written field notes. Tested on ~100 year old salmon observations and present-day salmon stream inspection logs to determin ethe cost/feasibility/effectiveness of implementing such a tool in Salmon monitoring contexts. (Digitizing non-machine-readable (handwritten) documents and extracts characters into a digital format) Computer vision (azure document intelligence),
AI family
- AI capability
- Document and Text Data Digitization and Interpretation
Bucket rationale
AI interprets non-machine-readable visual input to structured form—perceptual function.
Lifecycle
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Ideation
Stage status : Completed
May 29, 2025
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Assessment
Stage status : Completed
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Approved
Stage status : Completed
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Development
Stage status : Completed
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Pilot
Stage status : In progress
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Production
Stage status : Upcoming
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Archived
Stage status : Upcoming
Schedule for this initiative
- Completed
- In progress
- Planned
- Not applicable
- Today
- Ideation
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Contacts
- Requester
- Quan, Eric
- Sector contact
- Tom Bird / Minh Doan
- Subject matter expert
- Bird, Tom
Data and tools
- Sector
- Ecosystems and Oceans Science
- Region
- Pacific
- Submitted on
- May 29, 2025