Table 1
Sample survey questions and resulting variables.
| SAMPLE SURVEY QUESTIONS | SAMPLE RESULTING VARIABLES |
|---|---|
| Q7 – Why did you decide to use ATR for your collections? Please select all that apply | Create datasets for future use; Implement content search for users; Research; Other |
| Q8 – Which tools do you use for performing Automatic Text Recognition? Please select all that apply | Transkribus; eScriptorium; ABBYY Adobe Acrobat; Document AI by Google; Azure by Microsoft; Textract by Amazon; Tesseract OCR; Local LLM with Computer Vision; Online LLM with Computer Vision; Other |
| Q19 – What standard(s) of metadata do you use for documenting the ATR process? Please select all that apply | ALTO; METS; MIX; PREMIS; IIIF; Not sure; Other |
| Q23 – Have you evaluated the environmental sustainability of your ATR workflow? | Yes, we have fully evaluated it; Yes, we have done some evaluations; No, but we would like to; No, we are not interested; Not sure |
| Q24 – Have you evaluated the ethical considerations about the accuracy of ATR on different collection areas? | Yes, we have evaluated it; No, but we would like to; No, we are not interested; Not sure |
| Q25 – Are copyright assessments and copyright law considerations part of your regular ATR workflow? | Yes, it is part of our workflow; No, but we would like to implement it; No; Not sure |