Scanning & Digitization

Digitization of Newspapers

Digitizing contemporary and archival newspapers into searchable digital formats.

We digitize all kinds of newspapers and deliver the output in PDF, JPEG, XML, or METS/ALTO XML file format.

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Newspaper Scanning
Searchable PDF
METS/ALTO XML
Metadata Tagging
E-Paper Solutions

Service Overview

Newspaper Digitization with Metadata and Searchable Output

The newspaper industry is one of the key verticals to which Modular InfoTech has provided software and IT services for the last 25 years.

We digitize all kinds of newspapers and deliver output in PDF, JPEG, XML, or METS/ALTO XML file format. We also do further classification and segmentation of metadata, both at article and page level, before finally giving the output as Searchable PDF or METS/ALTO XML.

  • Multiple Output Formats
    Output can be delivered in PDF, JPEG, XML, or METS/ALTO XML file format.
  • Article & Page-Level Metadata
    Metadata classification and segmentation is done at article and page level.
  • Searchable Digital Output
    Final output can be provided as Searchable PDF or METS/ALTO XML.
  • E-Paper Solutions
    E-paper solutions are offered for conversion of current and archival contents for the newspaper market.

Digitization Process

Conversion of Contemporary Newspaper

Contemporary newspapers are modern-day newspapers where the process includes downloading born-digital files like PDF, layout analysis, extraction of data, metadata tagging, formatting, proofreading, validation, quality checks, and uploading of the output.

  1. Downloading of born-digital files like PDF
  2. Layout analysis and extraction of the data
  3. Metadata tagging, formatting, and proofreading
  4. Validation
  5. Quality checks
  6. Uploading of the output

Digitized documents can be delivered in required formats such as PDF, TIFF, JPEG, DJVU, along with structured indexing in Excel, DBA, and MS Access based on project requirements.

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Digitization Process

Digitization of Archive Newspaper

The digitization process of archive newspapers includes scanning of microfilm or paper-based newspapers, image processing, metadata assignment, OCR, and import into a digital library software program.

  1. Scanning of microfilm or paper-based newspapers
  2. Image processing for despeckling, deskewing, and cropping of images
  3. Assigning metadata for each issue, page, and article to increase searchability
  4. OCR to create searchable full text
  5. Import of OCR text, images, and metadata into a digital library software program

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Our newspaper digitization services support newspapers, media houses, libraries, archives, government departments, and publishing organizations that need to convert contemporary and archival newspapers into searchable digital formats with metadata, OCR, and structured access.

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