NER Annotator for SpaCy allows you to create training data for creating a custom NER Model with custom tags.

• Web Application: https://tecoholic.github.io/ner-annotator/
• Linux: Debian Package or an AppImage
• Windows: x64 MSI Installer

1. Node JS 12.x or 14.x
2. Yarn Package Manager
3. Rust (for building desktop versions)

1. Open another terminal and start the server for the UI

yarn
yarn serve

Now go to http:https://localhost:8081/ner-annotator/

The desktop applications have been created using Tauri.

yarn tauri:serve

To build the final binaries run

yarn tauri:build

1. App Icon - Ornithology icons created by Freepik - Flaticon

• Import annotations.
• Open a new file while one is already open.
• Keyboard shortcuts. A future release will add instructions in the app itself, but for now:
  • Num Keys (1 - 9) : Change classes
  • Space Bar: Save and move to the next sentence
  • Right Arrow Key: Skip and move to the next sentence
  • Left Arrow Key: Go back to the previous sentence
  • Esc: Discard changes to the current sentence
• Lots and lots of bug fixes.

• Adds "Back" button that allows navigating back to sentences/text blocks that's already been tagged and make changes.

• Rewritten UI using Quasar framework
• Export and Import tags

• #14 - Remembers tags across sessions
• #3 - Adds a button to enable/disable removing of tags to prevent accidental removal of tags

• Adds the desktop application