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
Step 1: Upload Files
Drag and drop images here
or
Click to browse files
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
Pages Digitized
Recent Uploads (30 days)
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