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 #### Initial Data Collection and Normalization
 
+This dataset includes text content produced through running Optical Character Recognition across 153,942 digitized works held by the Berlin State Library. 
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 #### Who are the source language producers?
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 #### Annotation process
 
+This dataset contains machine-produced annotations for:
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+- the confidence scores the OCR engines used to produce the full-text materials. 
+- the predicted languages and associated confidence scores produced by `langid.py`
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 #### Who are the annotators?
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 ### Personal and Sensitive Information
 
+This dataset contains historical material, which may include names, addresses etc, but these are not likely to refer to living individuals. 
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 ## Considerations for Using the Data
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 ### Discussion of Biases
 
+As with any historical material, the views and attitudes expressed in some texts will likely diverge from contemporary beliefs. One should consider carefully how this potential bias may become reflected in language models trained on this data.  
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 ### Other Known Limitations