An image of software collation of two book pages, showing differences between them.
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Spotting the difference in early printed books: a computer-aided collate-a-thon.

Researchers at Oxford and Manchester are working on a research project combining computer vision and human perception to improve ‘optical collation’ – the spotting of differences in printed books. This collate-a-thon provides an opportunity to learn about typographical variance in books and why it matters to book historians, and to make a contribution to our …

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