[KS] Korea and Her Neighbours
Henny Savenije
webmaster at henny-savenije.pe.kr
Wed Jul 12 23:18:17 EDT 2006
In case people consider doing the same thing. A high resolution
camera makes better quality copies and are easier to use in OCR programs.
At 10:56 AM 7/12/2006, Thomas Duvernay wrote:
>Actually, I have a really good OCR program (ABBYY v. 8.0), as do at
>least a couple of my students. They came to me and asked if they
>could use the program; I allowed it, but with the understanding that
>they would check the texts thoroughly and make them into text-only
>files. I really wanted students to type them out, as they would
>hopefully learn something while doing so, but in the case of those
>who had such software, I allowed them to semi-automate the
>process. As I just supplied them with photocopies of the originals,
>OCR-generated files would not look very sharp (plus, many other
>students had already typed things out, so the two types of files
>would not be compatible, in any case).
>
>What I plan to do after I receive volume 1 is to have both volumes
>scanned and run through the OCR program. As the original texts are
>delicate, expensive, and hard-to-find, I will have students do the
>scanning here at my office. I'll post a message after everything is done.
>
>
>Thomas
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