Platform Features

Comprehensive newspaper digitization with powerful search and accessibility tools

Core Features

Everything you need for newspaper digitization and discovery

OCR Processing

Advanced optical character recognition technology ensures high accuracy text extraction across all document types and conditions.

Full-Text Search

Search millions of words across all digitized newspapers with date range and publication filters for precise results.

Batch Upload

Upload multiple newspaper pages at once with drag-and-drop support. Review, reorder, and rotate pages before processing.

Smart Metadata

Automatic extraction of publication dates and volume/issue numbers from OCR text, with Roman numeral support.

Audio Generation

Text-to-speech conversion makes content accessible to everyone. Listen to entire newspaper issues on any device.

Favorites

Bookmark important newspaper issues to build your personal research collection with quick access anytime.

Timeline Browsing

Navigate history by decade and year. Explore popular topics and discover content through intuitive time-based organization.

Discussions

Engage with the community through comments on newspaper issues. Share insights and collaborate with moderation.

Social Sharing

Share discoveries with X, Facebook, email, or copy direct links. Spread historical knowledge with one click.

Mobile Optimized

Progressive Web App support with camera capture for uploads. Full functionality on any device, anywhere.

Admin Dashboard

Comprehensive admin panel for managing publications, issues, users, comments, and batch uploads with full CRUD operations.

Topic Extraction

Automatic extraction of popular topics and phrases from OCR text with interactive highlighting and autocomplete search.

Image Rotation

Fix incorrectly oriented scans during batch upload review with one-click rotation before OCR processing.

Visibility Control

Admins can control publication visibility to hide content during curation or for private collections.

Publication Pages

Create custom informational pages for each publication with rich-text editing. Share history, context, and details with automatic navigation.

Interactive Demos

Try out key features with live demonstrations

Search Demo

Batch Upload Simulator

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Step 1: Upload Files

Drag and drop images here

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Click to browse files

Step 2: Review & Organize Pages
Step 3: Add Metadata
Step 4: Processing
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Running OCR processing on all pages...

Chronological Timeline

Browse newspaper issues organized by decade with horizontal scrolling year bands. A clean, intuitive way to explore history. Available on each publication's page.

Built for Everyone

Whether you're researching, contributing, managing, or just browsing

Researchers

  • Deep full-text search capabilities
  • Advanced metadata filtering
  • Precise date range queries
  • Volume and issue organization
  • Interactive phrase highlighting

Contributors

  • Easy single or batch uploads
  • Automatic OCR processing
  • Smart metadata extraction
  • Camera capture on mobile
  • Image rotation and reordering

Administrators

  • Full publication management
  • User and comment moderation
  • Visibility control for publications
  • Batch upload monitoring
  • Issue and page management
  • Custom publication pages with CMS

Casual Users

  • Browse timeline by decade
  • Favorites and bookmarks
  • Audio playback for listening
  • Popular topics exploration
  • Social sharing features
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