Chloë Farr

Portfolio

• Knowledge Preservation and Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
  • Using Machine Learning OCR and Vision Large Language Model-enabled OCR tools to improve search in historical newspapers
    Supported by Kula: Library Futures Academy
    Code will be released May 19, 2026
  • Using Machine Learning OCR and Vision Large Language Model-enabled OCR tools to generate metadata of historical maps and geo-reference locations within them.
    Supported by Peter and Ana Lowens University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections Student Fellowship
  • Using Vision Large Language Model-enabled OCR tools to convert scanned data tables to a usable format blog post
    Supported by Kula: Library Futures Academy
  • Exploration of OCR through time blog post
    Supported by Kula: Library Futures Academy and Digital Scholarship Centre, University of Alberta
• Python
  • Computational Parsing of Hul’q’umi’num’ Reduplication Patterns: A Tool for Teaching Reduplication Through Computer Games document </>
    Course: Directed Readings in Morphology
    Language: Python, RegEx
  • Ablaut in Hul’q’umi’num’ TT Progressive Transitive Verbs: An Optimality Theory Analysis document
    Course: Current Issues in Phonology
    Languages: Python, RegEx
• Games
  • Grandma’s House (Protected by Community permissions) </>
    Organization: Hul’q’umi’num’ Language and Culture Society
    Languages and tools: C#, Unity Game Engine, Adobe Illustrator, Airtable
  • Assorted H5P activities for Hul’q’umi’num’ language learners document
    Organization: Hul’q’umi’num’ Language and Culture Society
    Tools: WordPress, H5P
    
• Web Development
  • Makerspace WebApp </>
    Organization: Digital Scholarship Commons (University of Victoria Libraries)
    Languages and Tools: PHP, mySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Github Pages
  • Interactive Midsagittal Tool 🔗 </>
    Organization: Hul’q’umi’num’ Language and Culture Society and xʷəlməxʷqən Cultural Society
    Languages and Tools: PHP, mySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Github Pages
• Workshop Development
  • Introduction to RStudio document</>
    Organization: Digital Scholarship Commons (University of Victoria Libraries)
    Languages and Tools: R, RStudio, Rmd, Github Pages

Presentations & Publications

Publications (Refereed)

• Farr, C. (2024). Unmasking ChatGPT: The challenges of using artificial intelligence for learning vocabulary in English as an Additional Language. [Master’s thesis, University of Victoria]. UVicSpace. document

Publications (Unrefereed)

• Purnomo, G., Farr, C., Purnomo, C., Ebbutt, N., Cardoso, A., Gick, B. (2021). Speaker accommodations toward VUI voices on the dimensions of voice onset time and pitch range. Canadian Acoustics. document
• Cassels, M., & Farr, C. (2019). Mobile applications for Indigenous language learning: Literature review and app survey. Working Papers of the Linguistics Circle of the University of Victoria. 29(1). document

Presentations (Refereed)

• Farr, C. (2026). A Method for Linking AI-corrected Text Back to OCR Spatial Data in Historical Document Scans. 114.BiblioCon2026 [Berlin, 2026] (Upcoming).
• Farr, C., Gerdts, D., Louie, D., Morris, T., Seymour, S. (2023). Storyworlds: A Multi-media Approach to Hul’q’umi’num’ Fluency [Refereed Presentation – Presented by Seymour, S.]. Symposium on American Indian Languages 2023 (SAIL) [University of Arizona].
• Bird, S., Farr, C., Nolan, T., Yeung, H., McClay, E., Percival, M. (2022). Hul’q’umi’num’ Listening Quizzes Blending Research and Pedagogy [Refereed Video Presentation]. International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages (2021) [Online]. document
• Purnomo, G., Farr, C., Purnomo, C., Ebbutt, N., Cardoso, A., Gick, B. (2021). Speaker accommodations toward VUI voices on the dimensions of voice onset time and pitch range [Refereed Video Presentation]. Acoustics Week in Canada (AWC 2021) [Online]. document
• Farr, C., Bird, S., Gick, B. (2021). Phonetic Knowledge in Word Learning in VR [Refereed Poster Presentation]. The Third International Symposium on Applied Phonetics (ISAPh 2021) [Online].
• Farr, C., Purnomo, G., Cardoso, A., Shamei, A., & Gick, B. (2021). Speaker accommodations and VUI voices: Does human-likeness of a voice matter? [Refereed Poster Presentation]. XVII Edition of the AISV Annual Conference [Online]. document
• Farr, C., Liu, Y., Shamei, A., & Gick, B. (2020). Users’ head movement obtained from avatars in social VR applications. [Refereed Poster Presentation]. Acoustics Virtually Everywhere - 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America [Online]. document
• Shamei, A., Farr, C., Liu, Y., & Gick, B. (2020). The effect of virtual reality environments on auditory memory. [Refereed Poster Presentation]. Acoustics Virtually Everywhere - 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America [Online]. document
• Farr, C. (2020). Pitch variation in Umuahia Igbo: Impacts of preceding velar stops on low tone /à/. [Refereed Oral Presentation]. Language Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. University of British Columbia. Vancouver, B.C. document
• Cassels, M., & Farr, C. (2019). Mobile applications for Indigenous language learning: Literature review and app survey [Refereed Oral Presentation]. Northwest Linguistics Conference 35. University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. document

Presentations (Unrefereed)

1. Farr, C. (2021). Learning Words in Unfamiliar Sounds in VR [Unrefereed Poster Presentation]. Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Award Poster Fair [Online]. document

About

I am a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Victoria working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, archives, and digital humanities. My research focuses on large-scale text recognition and analysis of historical documents, including newspapers, maps, and archival records. I develop open-source tools and evaluation frameworks for OCR and vision-language models to help libraries and archives determine which AI systems perform best on real cultural heritage materials. My work emphasizes reproducible pipelines, open science practices, and responsible AI use in memory institutions.

In my spare time, I like to craft things.

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Contact

✉ chloelfarr@icloud.com

• GitHub

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