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This project is badly in need of an update. It's using an ancient 4 yo. version of tesseract.js. The current version: https://github.com/naptha/tesseract.js is based on tesseract v4.1.1, a newer your Ubuntu 18.04's.

The 4.0 version added new neural network system based on LSTMs, with major accuracy gains.

https://fossies.org/diffs/tesseract/4.0.0_vs_4.1.0/ChangeLog...

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Ok, I tried the demo page of project naptha on exactly the same image, and it gave me:

> ARTHQUAKE HOUSE 1

> Ths builing was erecied Ground 1874 to provide a location for a seismomater of the Bitish Aasociation. A sefémomatar is an nsirument which is designed 10 racord earthquarkes and the ne ocate n his buiding was only one of a seies of such instruments located in the vicinity of Coms tonvestgete the earthauakes which had been, and continue to be, prevalet n the area.

The 4.0.0 version looked better to me ...

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