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Confidence Value (KWS)

Confidence Value (KWS)

Confidence values are important when it comes to the Keyword Spotting, a feature in Transkribus to search for special words and phrases in documents. It describes a score, which measures the accuracy of the Software concerning the statement “Keyword (x) can be found in line (y), on page (z). The Keyword Spotting tool will show you on which pages your keyword has been found. Moreover, it will give you a figure between 0 and 1 (0 = lowest & 1 = highest) to rate the confidence of the results.

Figure 1 Open the Searching Tool
Figure 2 Keyword Spotting

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