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Re: [Killietalk] NEWS FLASH - Scanned page ONLINE !
Barry,
Will something like Omnipage 15 work on the more recent issues? Maybe the
last 15 to 20 years? I'm thinking that the quality of the originals may be
enough that several people may be able to scan, OCR, format and save it to a
unlocked PDF or word document and send it on cd to someone who will proof it
and make any changes needed. Have it proofed by a couple of people then
lock it and add it to the master.
I'm not trying to say this is taking too long, it's not. I just want it to
happen. I'm willing to help, I need a new scanner anyway and while I'm not
willing to buy Adobe Capture (the 20,000 page license kills that deal)
Omnipage 15 is affordable and I'll use it. I don't think we would need
Omnipage Pro for this, but untill someone decides what will happen nobody
knows.
Drummond Howard
Gaithersburg, Maryland
>From: Barry Cooper <bjc3 at centurytel_net>
>Reply-To: killifish discussion list <killietalk at aka_org>
>To: killifish discussion list <killietalk at aka_org>
>Subject: Re: [Killietalk] NEWS FLASH - Scanned page ONLINE !
>Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:07:14 -0700
>
>Sorry to disappoint you Don, but it is not a first. There has been a
>full issue of JAKA scanned to PDF with OCR on the AKA site for some
>years. Furthermore, you will find the very old issues MUCH more
>difficult to process than modern versions, such as the page you linked
>to. The paper quality is poorer and the type is very poor in some cases,
>requiring quite tedious proof reading and correction. I have also
>compared a number of products, including Omnipage Pro 15, for doing this
>work and I can tell you that even the latter is not perfect. It
>sometimes misaligns text, because of misalignment of the originals,
>which can be difficult to correct in the final product. The best
>results, in all the tests I have run, come from Adobe Capture. That is a
>very expensive program and even I will say it can be difficult to work
>with.
>
>I will continue to argue that JAKAs reissued on CD should maintain the
>look a feel of the originals and I personally believe they should not be
>easily editable. I am well aware that there are programs that allow one
>to convert PDFs back to text, but I doubt that most readers will bother
>to do that. I believe that they should retain the look and feel of the
>originals because they will form a historical archive. Of course, I am
>only one member and the final decision on formatting etc. will be the
>BOT's. My feeling is that the AKA should want to produce a quality
>product, not a quick fix. Incidentally, there are more than 250 issues
>of JAKA and Killie Notes to be done. At one issue a week, that's five
>years!
>
>I will tell you that I have almost the first CD's worth of material
>(1962-1970) done and in finished PDF format. I intend to try to complete
>that over the coming weeks, despite my other commitments. My concept
>has always been to issue these "by decade", the 60s, the 70s and so on.
>I will also say that the tone of some of the messages on this topic
>tends to discourage me from the effort rather than encourage.
>
>Barry
>
>Barry J. Cooper
>Sweet Home, OR 97386
>
>
>
>augustand at sbcglobal_net wrote:
>
> >Now Captain it ain't dat hard to do so, that folks can read the articles
>of
> >the past?
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Capt Morgan" <mort_ssbn630 at yahoo_com>
> >To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
> >Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:40 AM
> >Subject: [Killietalk] NEWS FLASH - Scanned page ONLINE !
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> HEY ALL - This may be fairly interesting to those in the JAKA -> CD
> >>discussion.
> >>Here's what I know so far -
> >>This was created "AS-IS" with NO editing etc., "AS-IS", with the choices
> >>as to "how-long"
> >>as follows: Choices are; 1)15sec 2)15Min 3)15Days 4)None of the
>above
> >>
> >>Capt Morgan
> >>
> >>for Al (Don Mortenson)
> >>
> >>
> >>http://chika.aka.org/
> >>
> >>
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