[11811] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
digitalization times
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alejandro Mujica)
Wed Nov 12 20:12:30 1997
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 14:29:48 -0600
From: Alejandro Mujica <alejo@ciens.ula.ve>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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Hi,
I=B4d like to learn from your experience on digitalization of classic=
al
printed journals in a library environment.=20
We=B4re going to scan old printed articles (not so old, good contrast=
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high quality paper) on letter size and 10 points of character size.=
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Articles are formated in three columns, tables, graphics and color=
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pictures/photos appears frequently. An average article is 10 pages=
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long and a typical issue is 80 pages long.
After scanning we=B4re going to apply OCR and then convert text to=
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HTML with gif or jpg files for graphics.
So at last, here is my question: how many average working hours do=
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you know is necesary for the whole process from paper to HTML for=
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an average paper and average issue with the numbers described above?=
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which is the % of error-free OCR commonly accepted?
Any other advice standard, tool, tip or trick will be highly appretia=
ted!
Thanks in advance
=09=09alejo
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