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AI-Assisted OCR Error Detection and Correction for Fisheries Data

Accountable

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

Functional Modes

Deciding (Analytical AI)

Human decides

Purpose

Inform

Input Dataset

Operational data Anonymized data

Algorithm or Model

Language Models

Output Dataset

Operational data Anonymized data

Details

This tool uses large language models to automatically detect and correct transcription errors introduced when handwritten fisheries inspection documents are converted to digital text via optical character recognition (OCR). It is used internally by Government of Canada employees and does not process personal information. The system is still in development and currently the use of AI is not disclosed to users at point of interaction.