[bksvol-discuss] Re: letters for numbers
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 07:50:20 -0700 (PDT)
I wish I could say that the OCR program always substitutes one phrase for
a measurement (sometimes it does, "Vz" is always 1/2) but I've noticed
that "Va" is either 1/3 or 1/8, "%" is sometimes 1/3 or 1/4, and 2/3 is a
variety of symbols as is 3/4. I do a few global replacements, but I still
have to go thru each recipe to make sure the replacements are correct.
The only downside is that I get hungry from reading all the recipes!
Carrie
--- "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am not scanning cookbooks but have come up with the following list of
> common letter number misstakes.
>
> These need to be checked carefully in case context contradicts the list
> below. So z usually means 2 but may not in some cases.
>
> i = 1
> z = 2
> s = 5
> ? = 7
> y = 9
> o = 0
> n = 11
> ii = 11
>
> As you can see sometimes 11 is ii and sometimes n. You have to check
> context.
>
> This list is possibly incomplete. It is sometimes possible to search
> for
> things which tend not to occur in prose but may represent numbers. A
> global search and replace is a terrible idea. But you can perhaps
> search
> for and correct things like
> ioo which should be 100
> ioi 101
> iio 110
> and so on. I just use the list above and put together combinations
> which
> might work.
>
> Another good thing to do is run rank spelling on k1000 and look at the
> results combined with the info above and figure out patterns.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> E.
>
>
>
> At 09:04 AM 9/6/2004, you wrote:
>
> >While you are doing so, could you give us a list of some of the common
> >mistakes you are finding so that as we scan more cookbooks we might
> know
> >what those mistakes might mean? Sharon
>
>
>
>
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