[bksvol-discuss] Re: If text is too good
- From: Mike Pietruk <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:46:41 -0400 (EDT)
Paula
Please understand that my query was a result of the high quality of the
submission and is, in effect, a praise of that.
Perfect formatting, pages easily found, perfect spelling -- in short the
textbook example of what scanning truly can do.
As a potential scanner myself still researching both ocr packages and
hardware, I am trying to understand what separates the acceptible from the
good from the very good to the outstanding.
Part, of course, is the equipment. Part is the technique of not only the
scanning but the work thereafter.
Part is the experience in doing the task over and over.
Frankly, I am awaiting the approval by the admins of this book as it will
give me a link to her other submissions.
I want to look at some of them to see what I can learn from them as well
as well as the work of other exceptional submitters.
Not to incur anyone's wrath, I won't mention any other names -- but there
are a number of you who routinely submit that I am very impressed by what
you do on a daily basis.
Has anyone ever set down in words, in an article or minibook, a thome on
the art of quality scanning; how to select equipment; how to deal with
difficult situations such as book bindings and the like.
and oh yes, how to use the equpment. While such a book won't make the NY
Times best seller list, it would be appreciated by a lot of people out
there who wishes they could scan within 50% of the ideal.
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