[bksvol-discuss] Re: Carrie's submissions
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:08:50 -0700 (PDT)
Believe me, no food will be turned down. There are a lot of people at the
office who love snacks, so anything sent there will be very much appreciated!
And while we're in appreciation mode, all the Bookshare employees really
appreciate all the hard work that all the volunteers do. They don't always say
so, but they REALLY REALLY do.
Carrie
"Julie & Miss Mercy, avon representative" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, Carrie. I wasn't the one asking about this, but I, for one, am
interested in how you do things there so I appreciate the detail you put
into this message. We all appreciate everything you do! Maybe, come
Christmas, I'll bake some batches of cookies and send them to you guys so
you can have some snacks while you're waiting for some of those files to
process! And I don't say that jokingly, either. I just might do it. Thanks
for all you do! Take care.
--
Julie Morales
Email & Windows/MSN Messenger: mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype mercy0421 AIM
mercylab421
http://juliemorales.avonrepresentative.com/
Currently in Winchester Regional, Virginia Clear, 86°F Wind:SSE-160° at 5mph
You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look
that says, 'Wow, you're right! I never would've thought of that!' - Dave
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carrie Karnos"
To:
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 6:13 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: submitted 14 books
I have to be present for the chopping (since I'm doing the chopping), and I
have to be present for the scanning (since some books jam and/or
double-feed), but not for the OCR part. The output from the scanner is a
.tif file, with each page of the book being a separate picture in the .tif
file. Then I bring up the ABBYY Finereader OCR program, hit 'open image',
and select a .tif file called booktitle1.tif to put into the batch (let's
assume it has 212 pages). I select the next .tif file, booktitle2.tif, and
put it into the batch (and I write down how many pages are in each .tif
file). I put up to 10,000 pages (around 30-40 books) into the OCR program,
hit the button 'read all', and walk out the door. Finereader munches away
for hours, converting each page from a .tif format to a .rtf format. The
next time I'm in the office, I select pages 1 to 212 from the batch and save
the pages into a file named booktitle1. rtf, I select and save pages 213 to
424 into booktitle2.rtf, etc. There are a couple of notebooks with lined pages,
that are packed with the names and sizes of all the books in each batch that we
process.
Now I have a bunch of .rtf files that I can submit to the download list.
That's why I submit batches of books to the download list, instead of
dribbling them in. I don't want to wait for 20 minutes while the OCR
program munches on 1 book, I'd rather put a bunch of books into 1 batch, and
have Finereader process them when I'm out of the office.
Sorry for rambling on for so long, but you seemed to want to know the fine
details.
Carrie
Jamie Yates wrote:
Oh my gosh, 100 pages per minute scanning, 1500 pages per hour OCR. A
500 page book would only take you 25 minutes!
And you don't have to be present for the OCR part?
Jamie in Michigan
Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe
Find great deals on books at Half.com.
---------------------------------
Got a little couch potato?
Check out fun summer activities for kids.
To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of
available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
---------------------------------
Building a website is a piece of cake.
Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.
Other related posts:
