Re: [Q] Which Scanner for manuscripts

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Mon, 15 Aug 1994 14:47:46 EDT 

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Date:         Mon, 15 Aug 1994 14:47:46 EDT
From: "mailto:Walter_Gilbert@UMAIL.UMD.EDU--Maryland" <WALT@UMDD.bitnet>
Subject:      Re: [Q] Which Scanner for manuscripts
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Manuscript scanning.


I strongly recommend separating the imaging-scanning part of scanning the
document from the OCR phase.  Since the document is in poor condition--I
assume it is valuable--I would photograph the pages then scan the photographs
onto Kodak Photo-CD.  This gives you a high-quality archival copy.


Now you can take all the time you want for the OCR process--it probably will
not be easy for a poor-quality original.
                                        Wlat


Walter Gilbert, Asst. Dir.                       mailto:Walter_Gilbert@umail.umd.edu
Computer Science Center                        Manager: Teaching Technologies
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