Can translated scans of old newspapers or multi-column magazines accurately preserve the reading order?
“Newspapers typically employ complex multi-column layouts and feature interspersed imagery. Traditional OCR often reads horizontally, merging partial sentences from the left and right columns, which leads to loss of coherent meaning.”
Root Cause Analysis
Intelligent Layout Segmentation
Shangyi AI adopts advanced vision-based layout analysis algorithms, capable of identifying column spacing and separator lines to precisely determine the flow of text—whether it proceeds top-to-bottom, then rightward, or features cross-column headings.
Text and Image Layout Reconstruction
When translating historical documents, our system generates overlay layers to mask the original text and seamlessly reinserts the translated content into the corresponding sections—maximizing the preservation of the original newspaper’s visual structure.
Final Solution Summary
Revitalize historical archives and enable information from across centuries to transcend language barriers.