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I can't say for project Gutenberg specifically, but in general a huge issue I see is OCR errors. What do you all do to address OCR?
by freedomben 5mo ago
I can't say for project Gutenberg specifically, but in general a huge issue I see is OCR errors. What do you all do to address OCR?
- lapetitejort 5mo agoI uploaded a PDF to archive.org that auto-OCRs with plenty of mistakes. I have found no way of updating the entire stack of documents produced. I wonder if Project Gutenberg is similar
- gluejar 5mo agoCheck out Distributed Proofreaders: https://pgdp.net https://pgdp.net
- jfengel 5mo agoI didn't realized DP was still around. I used to do it quite a bit, 15 years ago, but OCR has improved considerably since then.
- tangledhelix 5mo agoOCR has improved a lot since then, but OCR is just step 1 of reading in text. They make a lot of errors (even now, especially on old worn out paper pages) and even if they didn't, one has to format the book, deal with footnotes, sidenotes, illustrations, etc. DP is very active, we will welcome you back with open arms :)