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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ threshold that is too low will result in too many pixels being marked as
black, which for OCR means that various non-text noise will be included
and considered by the OCR engine, again reducing accuracy.
-( INSERT IMAGES DEMONSTRATING EACH )
+![Example of simple thresholding errors](example-02.png)
If all page images were printed exactly the same way, and scanned the
same way, we could probably get away with just picking an appropriate
@@ -50,17 +50,22 @@ common foreground.
Otsu's algorithm works well for well printed material, on good paper,
which has been well scanned, as the brightness of the background and
-foreground pixels is consistent. It works less well for pages which
-been scanned with have uneven lighting, as the background brightness
-may be quite different for one corner of a page than another. It is
-also not too good at handling paper or ink inconsistencies, such as
-blemishes, splotches or page grain, as they may well have parts
-which are darker than the threshold.
+foreground pixels is consistent.
-( INSERT IMAGES DEMONSTRATING OTSU FAILING ON BAD LIGHTING AND WITH
- SPLOTCHES IN PAGE BEING BLACKENED )
+However, even with the most perfectly chosen threshold number, there
+are certain cases that no global threshold binarisation can do a good
+job at. Pages which been scanned with have uneven lighting do badly,
+as the background brightness may be quite different for one corner of
+a page than another. Global threshold binarisation can also have
+problems with paper or ink inconsistencies, such as blemishes,
+splotches or page grain, as they may well have parts which are darker
+than the global threshold.
+
+{{< figure src="example-03.png" caption="Example of an image that can't be satisfyingly binarised using any global threshold." >}}
+
+<!-- TODO: image demonstrating global thresholding failing on bad lighting -->
Both of these criticisms could be addressed by using an algorithm that
could alter the threshold according to the conditions of the region on
-the page. That will be covered in the next blog post,
-[Adaptive Binarisation](/posts/adaptive-binarisation).
+the page. That will be covered in the next blog post<!--,
+[Adaptive Binarisation](/posts/adaptive-binarisation)-->.