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I think the Prophet by Kahil Gibran is considered one of the classics just entering the public domain. I also found the Prospects of Industrial Civilization by

I think the Prophet by Kahil Gibran is considered one of the classics just entering the public domain. I also found the Prospects of Industrial Civilization by Dora and Bertrand Russel to be interesting. In looking at the plain text though I was annoyed at how error ridden the OCR job was. I think it will be interesting to see how much of the 1923 work is added to a site like Project Gutenburg as AABBY FineReader 11.0 leaves a bit to be desired based upon the published results on archive.org

toomuchtodo 8y ago
If interested, you can contribute to the process: https://www.pgdp.net/c/ https://www.pgdp.net/c/
- zozbot123 8y ago
  The bottleneck at PGDP these days is not actually proofreading texts or even marking them up, but "post-processing" them - going from a bunch of proofread and marked-up page texts (and the original page images) to a complete HTML edition, ready for posting at Project Gutenberg. Many projects run aground at this stage, because they have relatively few contributors for that sort of work. So, if you really want to help (and have relevant skills), you should ask about taking over some old projects that are stuck in that state.
  - fernly 8y ago
    All of PGDP is fun and satisfying volunteer work if you like reading, but the Post-Processing stage was for me, the most fun of all. However, in order to qualify as a PPer you must first put in a rather lengthy apprenticeship working in the different levels of proofing. PGDP FAQ: https://www.pgdp.net/wiki/DP_Official_Documentation:General/FAQ_Central https://www.pgdp.net/wiki/DP_Official_Documentation:General/... PGDP Post-Processing FAQ: https://www.pgdp.net/wiki/DP_Official_Documentation:PP_and_PPV/Post-Processing_FAQ https://www.pgdp.net/wiki/DP_Official_Documentation:PP_and_P... > On its journey through multiple proofreading and formatting rounds, the text may have been worked on by hundreds of volunteers. Post-processors must standardize the formatting of the book and adjust it to comply with Project Gutenberg's requirements. They must also deal with any detectable mistakes or inconsistencies that have survived all proofreading and formatting rounds. > The ultimate goal of post-processing is to create a consistently formatted etext, that contains as few errors as possible and that accurately reflects the intentions of the author.
sevensor 8y ago
I was wondering about PG as well. If I understand right, the whole project relies on volunteers to OCR and then manually correct the texts. I'm not entirely clear on how they're organized, though. Edit: see sibling comment made at the same time. PG distributes pages to volunteers for proofreading.

toomuchtodo 8y ago

If interested, you can contribute to the process: https://www.pgdp.net/c/ https://www.pgdp.net/c/

zozbot123 8y ago
The bottleneck at PGDP these days is not actually proofreading texts or even marking them up, but "post-processing" them - going from a bunch of proofread and marked-up page texts (and the original page images) to a complete HTML edition, ready for posting at Project Gutenberg. Many projects run aground at this stage, because they have relatively few contributors for that sort of work. So, if you really want to help (and have relevant skills), you should ask about taking over some old projects that are stuck in that state.
- fernly 8y ago
  All of PGDP is fun and satisfying volunteer work if you like reading, but the Post-Processing stage was for me, the most fun of all. However, in order to qualify as a PPer you must first put in a rather lengthy apprenticeship working in the different levels of proofing. PGDP FAQ: https://www.pgdp.net/wiki/DP_Official_Documentation:General/FAQ_Central https://www.pgdp.net/wiki/DP_Official_Documentation:General/... PGDP Post-Processing FAQ: https://www.pgdp.net/wiki/DP_Official_Documentation:PP_and_PPV/Post-Processing_FAQ https://www.pgdp.net/wiki/DP_Official_Documentation:PP_and_P... > On its journey through multiple proofreading and formatting rounds, the text may have been worked on by hundreds of volunteers. Post-processors must standardize the formatting of the book and adjust it to comply with Project Gutenberg's requirements. They must also deal with any detectable mistakes or inconsistencies that have survived all proofreading and formatting rounds. > The ultimate goal of post-processing is to create a consistently formatted etext, that contains as few errors as possible and that accurately reflects the intentions of the author.

sevensor 8y ago

I was wondering about PG as well. If I understand right, the whole project relies on volunteers to OCR and then manually correct the texts. I'm not entirely clear on how they're organized, though. Edit: see sibling comment made at the same time. PG distributes pages to volunteers for proofreading.