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So you were transcribing a diary written in a shorthand? Or from a print version?

• robin_reala 6y ago
  From scanned original sources. I just opened a random page at archive.org to give you an example: https://archive.org/details/diaryofsamuelpep01pepy/page/228/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/diaryofsamuelpep01pepy/page/228/...
  • 0-_-0 6y ago
    Do you use OCR? Sorry for the million questions.
    • robin_reala 6y ago
      No problem! Yes, archive.org has OCRed all the text, but it needs a lot of finessing to bring up the quality to an acceptable standard. Typically, Standard Ebooks will try to avoid OCR unless it’s something that’s missing from Gutenberg.
      • 0-_-0 6y ago
        Thank you for your time! (If you started some sort of AMA here I'm sure it would be successful.)