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When i noticed that there are only public domain works, I got an idea for an optional mode where you help digitize books by typing from scanned/OCRed works and

When i noticed that there are only public domain works, I got an idea for an optional mode where you help digitize books by typing from scanned/OCRed works and the results get sent to organizations like the Gutenberg Project or Distributed Proofreaders[0]. In the case of Distributed Proofreaders you could automate the process even by creating a diff of your results with the current draft of the Works being worked on. This is just a crazy idea nobody take it too seriously. [0]https://www.pgdp.net/c/ https://www.pgdp.net/c/

Cthulhu_ 6y ago
Didn't Google / Recaptcha do that for a good while but with individual words?
- gregsadetsky 6y ago
  Yes they did, to help digitize Google Books and archives of NYT -- (from wikipedia) "The system helped to digitize the archives of The New York Times, and was subsequently used by Google Books for similar purposes" [0][1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReCAPTCHA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReCAPTCHA [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/science/29recaptcha.html https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/science/29recaptcha.html