Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Busby scan (Was: Feet wet?)

["Brett Pinkepank" <brettpinkepank@yahoo.com>]

Before you set out on that rather arduous process, I could have sworn that
somewhere out there I saw at least most of Busby's already done in pdf.  And
im pretty sure I got the link from this group too.  But dont quite me on
this my memory is fuzzy about it.

Brett Pinkepank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jari Siikarla" <jari.siikarla@vertex.fi>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 1:21 AM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Busby scan (Was: Feet wet?)


> At 18:29 22.10.2003 -0600, you wrote:
> >Oh, that sounds great!!!!  I thought that you would get a scanned picture
> >of text, not actually searchable words.
>
> I agree that the best way would be to scan the book.
> OCR it to text and compile it to PDF.
> That way the text is text and not picture, so you
> can search in it and it uses a lot less space.
>
> PDF is widely accepted and used when you need
> keep the layout. PDF can be converted to other formats
> quite easily with abundant programs in the internet
> (Postscript, html, etc.)
> Most printer accept or even prefer PDF when submitting
> print jobs.
>
> The most laborous part is the scanning. If the Busby's is
> allready in sheet format, you can find a copy shop or printer
> with scanner that can scan them all automatically (like
> fotocopiers do). I was under the impression that the photocopy
> version of Busby's wasn't very good quality.
>
> This method can still be used for text if it is readable
> (you need more proofreading), but pictures (or pages with them)
> should be scanned separately for the book.
>
> I'm willing and able to OCR and compile the PDF from scans.
> (in any format, but gif is (still) pretty good for b/w pics. Jpg is
> lossy format so you lose some info.)
>
> Jari Siikarla
>
>
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