Methods and systems for digitizing a document

A system for digitizing a document, the system comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• receive at least one first transcription of content of at least one portion of the document from at least one crowdworker, wherein the first transcription is received in response to the at least one portion being crowdsourced as a digitization task to the at least one crowdworker;
• determine one or more second transcriptions based on the at least one first transcription, wherein the one or more second transcriptions correspond to intended transcriptions for the at least one portion;
• and
• rank the one or more second transcriptions based at least on a measure of similarity between the at least one first transcription and each of the one or more second transcriptions, wherein at least one second transcription is selected from the one or more second transcriptions as an acceptable transcription for the at least one portion, based on the ranking.

A computer program product for use with a computer, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium stores a computer program code for digitizing a document, wherein the computer program code is executable by one or more processors to:

• receive at least one first transcription of content of at least one portion of the document from at least one crowdworker, wherein the first transcription is received in response to the at least one portion being crowdsourced as a digitization task to the at least one crowdworker;
• determine one or more second transcriptions based on the at least one first transcription, wherein the one or more second transcriptions correspond to intended transcriptions for the at least one portion;
• and
• rank the one or more second transcriptions based at least on a measure of similarity between the at least one first transcription and each of the one or more second transcriptions, wherein at least one second transcription is selected from the one or more second transcriptions as an acceptable transcription for the at least one portion, based on the ranking.

A method for processing a task, the method comprising:

• receiving, by one or more processors, at least one first response for the task from at least one crowdworker, wherein the at least one first response is received in response to the task being crowdsourced to one or more crowdworkers;
• determining, by the one or more processors, one or more second responses based on the at least one first response, wherein the one or more second responses correspond to intended responses for the task;
• and
• ranking, by the one or more processors, the one or more second responses based at least on a measure of similarity between the at least one first response and each of the one or more second responses, wherein at least one second response is selected from the one or more second responses as an acceptable response for the task, based on the ranking.