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To be clear, 'their book scanner' refers to a '20% project' by an employee - not the actual hardware behind Google Books.
by stevenrace 14y ago
To be clear, 'their book scanner' refers to a '20% project' by an employee - not the actual hardware behind Google Books.
- cypherpunks01 14y agoIs there any public knowledge about what the hardware behind Google Books looks like?
- DanBC 14y agoThere's this snippet showing that humans are involved. (http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/03/18/google-books-scanning-errors-turned-into-works-of-art/ http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/03/18/google-books-scannin...)
- swohns 14y agoI'd like a comparison between human tearing of books and the machine. 45% seems way too high.