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

[Warren Greenway <opensourcesub@yahoo.com>]

That would be great! On the same tack, I have access
to a CD reproduction machine at work, so I could
crank out a few hundred CDs and distribute them for
the
cost of media and postage to any interested PSUBBERS.
I still don't have a copy of Busby's, so this issue
is especially pertinent to me. I would also be willing
to offer space on my server as a download mirror for
the PDF, if that is helpfull.

Warren.

--- john m <powercap2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
> When/if somebody gets good .pdf files for this 
> book, I would be glad to print hard copy versions
> of it for those who need/want it.  Sometimes you
> just want a piece of paper in your hands instead
> of a CD!  We have highspeed production printers
> here at work, so 750 pages isn't much.  I have 
> high resolution 60 page per minute (Aside: why
> are minutes and seconds SI units if you have to
> divide by 60? ;)  ) scanners too, so I "could"
> scan it in if loaned a good copy.  I just haven't
> had time to learn to play with the scanners and
> OCR S/W yet.
> 
> This could give me something useful to do while I'm
> stuck in the planning stages for my psub!
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> --- jbarlow@bjservices.ca wrote:
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> > Does Acrobat contain OCR?  There web site as per
> the
> > link that someone else
> > put up here seems to state that.
> > 
> > To "create searchable text from scans" seems to
> > imply that?
> > 
> > Jay.
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> > 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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> > --
> > Jari Siikarla
> > jari.siikarla@vertex.fi
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