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.

2009Novemberannmanley26046 lines
mollyzmum14982 lines
monak13847 lines
john.f.hall12725 lines
cmt1711564 lines
jhempenstall11368 lines
maurielyn10424 lines
poshtotty10258 lines
cobollus9124 lines
Gabrielle.James7765 lines
cjbrill7049 lines
Charlie227039 lines
JohnWarren7019 lines
fwalker137013 lines
hanks6455 lines
RonnieLand5606 lines
Rebecca5427 lines
RogerE5402 lines
tbfrank5250 lines
shemary5243 lines
2009Octoberannmanley47978 lines
jhempenstall18539 lines
mollyzmum18349 lines
john.f.hall16376 lines
JohnWarren15337 lines
fwalker1313636 lines
bardaster112225 lines
cmt1711176 lines
Charlie2210747 lines
Sharon.L.Bergman10345 lines
maurielyn8721 lines
hanks8161 lines
culroym7935 lines
RonnieLand7176 lines
MarkDoyle6817 lines
leonag6803 lines
RogerE6179 lines
Gabrielle.James5908 lines
Rebecca5819 lines
jennyb75589 lines
tupps15588 lines
Ronda.Shambrook5526 lines
Loco5442 lines
Peter.T.Clark5283 lines
nivlag5163 lines
2009SeptemberRebecca40164 lines
annmanley37292 lines
cobollus18840 lines
fwalker1318660 lines
jhempenstall18220 lines
john.f.hall17620 lines
RonnieLand10715 lines
jennyb79247 lines
grantandretriffett8522 lines
RogerE7995 lines
bluefilly7989 lines
Loco7907 lines
dvickers7800 lines
cmt177456 lines
robinob7168 lines
poshtotty7013 lines
Sharon.L.Bergman6103 lines
Charlie226078 lines
tonkit6034 lines
tupps15846 lines
leonag5820 lines
sgdickinson5812 lines
hanks5688 lines
Ronda.Shambrook5459 lines
Peter.T.Clark5409 lines
Rhonda.M5370 lines
mollyzmum5163 lines
maurielyn5101 lines
2009Augustannmanley31098 lines
cmdevine25686 lines
Rebecca18903 lines
sgdickinson18309 lines
John.F.Hall16640 lines
cobollus16555 lines
jhempenstall15019 lines
fwalker1314706 lines
jennyb712687 lines
cmt1711253 lines
Stephen.J.Arnold10341 lines
poshtotty8921 lines
Gay-Reed8334 lines
carolinebuchanan7081 lines
tbfrank6952 lines
tupps16755 lines
Sharon.L.Bergman6650 lines
hanks6546 lines
dianne.randell6071 lines
sonjecad5799 lines
maurielyn5707 lines
dvickers5636 lines
indigobloke5607 lines
LindaPatterson5553 lines
RonnieLand5048 lines
Charles.Hunt5012 lines
2009Julyannmanley37514 lines
John.F.Hall28343 lines
jhempenstall22129 lines
fwalker1320475 lines
cmt1715890 lines
RoyHenderson14550 lines
sgdickinson12841 lines
jennyb79207 lines
Gay-Reed8543 lines
SandraDianJoy8502 lines
bluefilly8339 lines
RogerE7824 lines
cobollus7717 lines
Sharon.L.Bergman7394 lines
don.nicolson7245 lines
culroym7149 lines
Stephen.J.Arnold7119 lines
cipwoods7109 lines
poshtotty6696 lines
maurielyn6083 lines
LindaPatterson5793 lines
cmdevine5781 lines
moksha5578 lines
RonnieLand5548 lines
Loco5511 lines
Chocochi5349 lines
AuFCL5040 lines
2009JuneJohn.F.Hall25187 lines
fwalker1316396 lines
jhempenstall16170 lines
Laine15039 lines
Sharon.L.Bergman12824 lines
SandraDianJoy12309 lines
poshtotty9206 lines
Stephen.J.Arnold8934 lines
bluefilly8338 lines
RogerE7688 lines
Loco6348 lines
spison5635 lines
maurielyn5576 lines
2009Maymaurielyn30715 lines
John.F.Hall27881 lines
fwalker1326472 lines
Laine23442 lines
jhempenstall22278 lines
cmt1721845 lines
cmdevine13717 lines
poshtotty13631 lines
mrbh12115 lines
carolinebuchanan10344 lines
Stephen.J.Arnold6789 lines
Beyond6654 lines
Gay-Reed6418 lines
C.Scheikowski6405 lines
saremac5947 lines
Loco5506 lines
2009AprilJohn.F.Hall30277 lines
jhempenstall21365 lines
fwalker1320742 lines
Stephen.J.Arnold17318 lines
Sam.Dunn16436 lines
maurielyn8466 lines
enigma8321 lines
JamesGibney7554 lines
mrbh6743 lines
cmt176676 lines
bluefilly6202 lines
poshtotty5638 lines
Gay-Reed5526 lines
Loco5157 lines
Laine5131 lines
2009Marchjhempenstall27963 lines
fwalker1327360 lines
maurielyn21801 lines
John.F.Hall21448 lines
culroym10656 lines
cmdevine10164 lines
shutcheon8926 lines
Stephen.J.Arnold8886 lines
poshtotty7778 lines
bluefilly6383 lines
Gay-Reed5876 lines
carolinebuchanan5375 lines
moonraker5160 lines
Loco5075 lines
2009Februaryfwalker1315958 lines
jhempenstall15555 lines
John.F.Hall14981 lines
Stephen.J.Arnold9541 lines
poshtotty8684 lines
cmdevine8344 lines
dvickers8315 lines
leonag7825 lines
maurielyn7575 lines
moonraker5820 lines
AuFCL5781 lines
droppogrl5119 lines
2009Januaryjhempenstall30559 lines
cmdevine18468 lines
dvickers16720 lines
leesal13806 lines
fwalker1313354 lines
poshtotty12754 lines
Stephen.J.Arnold12181 lines
John.F.Hall11563 lines
JamesGibney10035 lines
Rebecca9261 lines
pwillett8777 lines
mrbh8001 lines
jdickson27491 lines
rhockey7154 lines
chaddock6970 lines
AuFCL6434 lines
bluefilly6185 lines
Gay-Reed5969 lines
Loco5962 lines
elizabeth.burling5907 lines
RonnieLand5443 lines
maurielyn5156 lines
2008Decembercmdevine20601 lines
mrbh18518 lines
fwalker1318478 lines
Rebecca12294 lines
poshtotty11264 lines
bluefilly10396 lines
jdickson28035 lines
jhempenstall7182 lines
maurielyn7165 lines
Lance.Dwyer6681 lines
dvickers6558 lines
Loco6524 lines
2008Novembercmdevine24818 lines
John.F.Hall20937 lines
fwalker1319749 lines
jhempenstall10263 lines
kerchar9897 lines
mrbh8939 lines
Ronda.Shambrook8728 lines
jdickson28596 lines
Maureen8395 lines
dvickers8353 lines
maurielyn6402 lines
cjbrill6113 lines
Michelle-Richardson5557 lines
JonK5536 lines
bluefilly5289 lines
2008Octobermaurielyn24538 lines
jhempenstall23265 lines
John.F.Hall21886 lines
fwalker1319714 lines
cmdevine16896 lines
Michelle-Richardson14703 lines
mrbh13676 lines
mcakebread10089 lines
JamesGibney7414 lines
RobynnOffer6775 lines
jdickson26049 lines
shutcheon5821 lines
wendy5322 lines
Anne5176 lines
khedrich5103 lines
Brooke5017 lines
2008Septembermaurielyn28111 lines
jhempenstall23623 lines
mrbh23139 lines
fwalker1313141 lines
cmdevine8748 lines
mcakebread8196 lines
allangray7599 lines
Loco6281 lines
Robynnoffer6173 lines
macca6040 lines
John.F.Hall5170 lines
2008Augustjhempenstall12428 lines
mrbh9673 lines
camerong6277 lines
scmorris5623 lines
maurielyn5372 lines
Lenore5086 lines
Updated hourly

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