Re: MCM - Digest V1 #287

[krombhol@teclink.net (Paul Krombholz)]

Erik wrote:
>OK, method #2 is that we do all of step 1 above, but THEN take the scanned
>images (such as the example above), and reconstruct the text of the
>original article.  This is more complicated, taking sophisticated OCR
>software and lots of massaging so the text doesn't look like a ransom
>note.  As I mentioned yesterday, this takes about two hours per issue of
>TAG, whereas just scanning the article in takes about 1/2 hour and can be
>done while watching TV or talking on the phone). It generally does not
>preserve the original layout (which to me is actually not a problem,
>especially for archiving on the web).  The sparse illustrations are added
>back in as graphics, but the resultant file is TINY compared to the other,
>can be put on the web, edited, searched, archived as a PDF, whatever.

This seems like a worthy project where volunteers can help.  I don't have
OCR software, but, I (and others) could help with the fixing up of the
scanned text.

Paul Krombholz, in central Mississippi, where we are getting very dry,
again.


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