Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program Text-Correctors Hall of Fame
Automatically extracting text from scans of old newspapers is extremely challenging. Although this project is using the best available Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, the condition of the images it has to process combined with the frequently small fonts used means that many errors of interpretation are made.
Thankfully, many people have stepped in to correct the text and in so doing have made a wonderful contribution to this resource. The following table lists by month the people who've corrected the most lines of text.
| 2009 | November | annmanley | 26046 lines |
| mollyzmum | 14982 lines | ||
| monak | 13847 lines | ||
| john.f.hall | 12725 lines | ||
| cmt17 | 11564 lines | ||
| jhempenstall | 11368 lines | ||
| maurielyn | 10424 lines | ||
| poshtotty | 10258 lines | ||
| cobollus | 9124 lines | ||
| Gabrielle.James | 7765 lines | ||
| cjbrill | 7049 lines | ||
| Charlie22 | 7039 lines | ||
| JohnWarren | 7019 lines | ||
| fwalker13 | 7013 lines | ||
| hanks | 6455 lines | ||
| RonnieLand | 5606 lines | ||
| Rebecca | 5427 lines | ||
| RogerE | 5402 lines | ||
| tbfrank | 5250 lines | ||
| shemary | 5243 lines | ||
| 2009 | October | annmanley | 47978 lines |
| jhempenstall | 18539 lines | ||
| mollyzmum | 18349 lines | ||
| john.f.hall | 16376 lines | ||
| JohnWarren | 15337 lines | ||
| fwalker13 | 13636 lines | ||
| bardaster1 | 12225 lines | ||
| cmt17 | 11176 lines | ||
| Charlie22 | 10747 lines | ||
| Sharon.L.Bergman | 10345 lines | ||
| maurielyn | 8721 lines | ||
| hanks | 8161 lines | ||
| culroym | 7935 lines | ||
| RonnieLand | 7176 lines | ||
| MarkDoyle | 6817 lines | ||
| leonag | 6803 lines | ||
| RogerE | 6179 lines | ||
| Gabrielle.James | 5908 lines | ||
| Rebecca | 5819 lines | ||
| jennyb7 | 5589 lines | ||
| tupps1 | 5588 lines | ||
| Ronda.Shambrook | 5526 lines | ||
| Loco | 5442 lines | ||
| Peter.T.Clark | 5283 lines | ||
| nivlag | 5163 lines | ||
| 2009 | September | Rebecca | 40164 lines |
| annmanley | 37292 lines | ||
| cobollus | 18840 lines | ||
| fwalker13 | 18660 lines | ||
| jhempenstall | 18220 lines | ||
| john.f.hall | 17620 lines | ||
| RonnieLand | 10715 lines | ||
| jennyb7 | 9247 lines | ||
| grantandretriffett | 8522 lines | ||
| RogerE | 7995 lines | ||
| bluefilly | 7989 lines | ||
| Loco | 7907 lines | ||
| dvickers | 7800 lines | ||
| cmt17 | 7456 lines | ||
| robinob | 7168 lines | ||
| poshtotty | 7013 lines | ||
| Sharon.L.Bergman | 6103 lines | ||
| Charlie22 | 6078 lines | ||
| tonkit | 6034 lines | ||
| tupps1 | 5846 lines | ||
| leonag | 5820 lines | ||
| sgdickinson | 5812 lines | ||
| hanks | 5688 lines | ||
| Ronda.Shambrook | 5459 lines | ||
| Peter.T.Clark | 5409 lines | ||
| Rhonda.M | 5370 lines | ||
| mollyzmum | 5163 lines | ||
| maurielyn | 5101 lines | ||
| 2009 | August | annmanley | 31098 lines |
| cmdevine | 25686 lines | ||
| Rebecca | 18903 lines | ||
| sgdickinson | 18309 lines | ||
| John.F.Hall | 16640 lines | ||
| cobollus | 16555 lines | ||
| jhempenstall | 15019 lines | ||
| fwalker13 | 14706 lines | ||
| jennyb7 | 12687 lines | ||
| cmt17 | 11253 lines | ||
| Stephen.J.Arnold | 10341 lines | ||
| poshtotty | 8921 lines | ||
| Gay-Reed | 8334 lines | ||
| carolinebuchanan | 7081 lines | ||
| tbfrank | 6952 lines | ||
| tupps1 | 6755 lines | ||
| Sharon.L.Bergman | 6650 lines | ||
| hanks | 6546 lines | ||
| dianne.randell | 6071 lines | ||
| sonjecad | 5799 lines | ||
| maurielyn | 5707 lines | ||
| dvickers | 5636 lines | ||
| indigobloke | 5607 lines | ||
| LindaPatterson | 5553 lines | ||
| RonnieLand | 5048 lines | ||
| Charles.Hunt | 5012 lines | ||
| 2009 | July | annmanley | 37514 lines |
| John.F.Hall | 28343 lines | ||
| jhempenstall | 22129 lines | ||
| fwalker13 | 20475 lines | ||
| cmt17 | 15890 lines | ||
| RoyHenderson | 14550 lines | ||
| sgdickinson | 12841 lines | ||
| jennyb7 | 9207 lines | ||
| Gay-Reed | 8543 lines | ||
| SandraDianJoy | 8502 lines | ||
| bluefilly | 8339 lines | ||
| RogerE | 7824 lines | ||
| cobollus | 7717 lines | ||
| Sharon.L.Bergman | 7394 lines | ||
| don.nicolson | 7245 lines | ||
| culroym | 7149 lines | ||
| Stephen.J.Arnold | 7119 lines | ||
| cipwoods | 7109 lines | ||
| poshtotty | 6696 lines | ||
| maurielyn | 6083 lines | ||
| LindaPatterson | 5793 lines | ||
| cmdevine | 5781 lines | ||
| moksha | 5578 lines | ||
| RonnieLand | 5548 lines | ||
| Loco | 5511 lines | ||
| Chocochi | 5349 lines | ||
| AuFCL | 5040 lines | ||
| 2009 | June | John.F.Hall | 25187 lines |
| fwalker13 | 16396 lines | ||
| jhempenstall | 16170 lines | ||
| Laine | 15039 lines | ||
| Sharon.L.Bergman | 12824 lines | ||
| SandraDianJoy | 12309 lines | ||
| poshtotty | 9206 lines | ||
| Stephen.J.Arnold | 8934 lines | ||
| bluefilly | 8338 lines | ||
| RogerE | 7688 lines | ||
| Loco | 6348 lines | ||
| spison | 5635 lines | ||
| maurielyn | 5576 lines | ||
| 2009 | May | maurielyn | 30715 lines |
| John.F.Hall | 27881 lines | ||
| fwalker13 | 26472 lines | ||
| Laine | 23442 lines | ||
| jhempenstall | 22278 lines | ||
| cmt17 | 21845 lines | ||
| cmdevine | 13717 lines | ||
| poshtotty | 13631 lines | ||
| mrbh | 12115 lines | ||
| carolinebuchanan | 10344 lines | ||
| Stephen.J.Arnold | 6789 lines | ||
| Beyond | 6654 lines | ||
| Gay-Reed | 6418 lines | ||
| C.Scheikowski | 6405 lines | ||
| saremac | 5947 lines | ||
| Loco | 5506 lines | ||
| 2009 | April | John.F.Hall | 30277 lines |
| jhempenstall | 21365 lines | ||
| fwalker13 | 20742 lines | ||
| Stephen.J.Arnold | 17318 lines | ||
| Sam.Dunn | 16436 lines | ||
| maurielyn | 8466 lines | ||
| enigma | 8321 lines | ||
| JamesGibney | 7554 lines | ||
| mrbh | 6743 lines | ||
| cmt17 | 6676 lines | ||
| bluefilly | 6202 lines | ||
| poshtotty | 5638 lines | ||
| Gay-Reed | 5526 lines | ||
| Loco | 5157 lines | ||
| Laine | 5131 lines | ||
| 2009 | March | jhempenstall | 27963 lines |
| fwalker13 | 27360 lines | ||
| maurielyn | 21801 lines | ||
| John.F.Hall | 21448 lines | ||
| culroym | 10656 lines | ||
| cmdevine | 10164 lines | ||
| shutcheon | 8926 lines | ||
| Stephen.J.Arnold | 8886 lines | ||
| poshtotty | 7778 lines | ||
| bluefilly | 6383 lines | ||
| Gay-Reed | 5876 lines | ||
| carolinebuchanan | 5375 lines | ||
| moonraker | 5160 lines | ||
| Loco | 5075 lines | ||
| 2009 | February | fwalker13 | 15958 lines |
| jhempenstall | 15555 lines | ||
| John.F.Hall | 14981 lines | ||
| Stephen.J.Arnold | 9541 lines | ||
| poshtotty | 8684 lines | ||
| cmdevine | 8344 lines | ||
| dvickers | 8315 lines | ||
| leonag | 7825 lines | ||
| maurielyn | 7575 lines | ||
| moonraker | 5820 lines | ||
| AuFCL | 5781 lines | ||
| droppogrl | 5119 lines | ||
| 2009 | January | jhempenstall | 30559 lines |
| cmdevine | 18468 lines | ||
| dvickers | 16720 lines | ||
| leesal | 13806 lines | ||
| fwalker13 | 13354 lines | ||
| poshtotty | 12754 lines | ||
| Stephen.J.Arnold | 12181 lines | ||
| John.F.Hall | 11563 lines | ||
| JamesGibney | 10035 lines | ||
| Rebecca | 9261 lines | ||
| pwillett | 8777 lines | ||
| mrbh | 8001 lines | ||
| jdickson2 | 7491 lines | ||
| rhockey | 7154 lines | ||
| chaddock | 6970 lines | ||
| AuFCL | 6434 lines | ||
| bluefilly | 6185 lines | ||
| Gay-Reed | 5969 lines | ||
| Loco | 5962 lines | ||
| elizabeth.burling | 5907 lines | ||
| RonnieLand | 5443 lines | ||
| maurielyn | 5156 lines | ||
| 2008 | December | cmdevine | 20601 lines |
| mrbh | 18518 lines | ||
| fwalker13 | 18478 lines | ||
| Rebecca | 12294 lines | ||
| poshtotty | 11264 lines | ||
| bluefilly | 10396 lines | ||
| jdickson2 | 8035 lines | ||
| jhempenstall | 7182 lines | ||
| maurielyn | 7165 lines | ||
| Lance.Dwyer | 6681 lines | ||
| dvickers | 6558 lines | ||
| Loco | 6524 lines | ||
| 2008 | November | cmdevine | 24818 lines |
| John.F.Hall | 20937 lines | ||
| fwalker13 | 19749 lines | ||
| jhempenstall | 10263 lines | ||
| kerchar | 9897 lines | ||
| mrbh | 8939 lines | ||
| Ronda.Shambrook | 8728 lines | ||
| jdickson2 | 8596 lines | ||
| Maureen | 8395 lines | ||
| dvickers | 8353 lines | ||
| maurielyn | 6402 lines | ||
| cjbrill | 6113 lines | ||
| Michelle-Richardson | 5557 lines | ||
| JonK | 5536 lines | ||
| bluefilly | 5289 lines | ||
| 2008 | October | maurielyn | 24538 lines |
| jhempenstall | 23265 lines | ||
| John.F.Hall | 21886 lines | ||
| fwalker13 | 19714 lines | ||
| cmdevine | 16896 lines | ||
| Michelle-Richardson | 14703 lines | ||
| mrbh | 13676 lines | ||
| mcakebread | 10089 lines | ||
| JamesGibney | 7414 lines | ||
| RobynnOffer | 6775 lines | ||
| jdickson2 | 6049 lines | ||
| shutcheon | 5821 lines | ||
| wendy | 5322 lines | ||
| Anne | 5176 lines | ||
| khedrich | 5103 lines | ||
| Brooke | 5017 lines | ||
| 2008 | September | maurielyn | 28111 lines |
| jhempenstall | 23623 lines | ||
| mrbh | 23139 lines | ||
| fwalker13 | 13141 lines | ||
| cmdevine | 8748 lines | ||
| mcakebread | 8196 lines | ||
| allangray | 7599 lines | ||
| Loco | 6281 lines | ||
| Robynnoffer | 6173 lines | ||
| macca | 6040 lines | ||
| John.F.Hall | 5170 lines | ||
| 2008 | August | jhempenstall | 12428 lines |
| mrbh | 9673 lines | ||
| camerong | 6277 lines | ||
| scmorris | 5623 lines | ||
| maurielyn | 5372 lines | ||
| Lenore | 5086 lines |
Updated hourly
![]() | Developed by the National Library of Australia as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program |
