Date   : Wed, 08 Jun 2005 23:12:52 +0100 (BST)
From   : Greg Cook <debounce@...>
Subject: Re: Best prog for scanning manuals etc?

On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 12:22:26 +0000, Jules Richardson wrote:
[...]
> But a lot of the docs I have are ones that
> have
> actually been *used* - which means they have useful notes scribbled
> in
> the margins to correct or expand on mistakes in the original
> documentation.
> 
> Capturing those scribble seems important too. Whether they should be
> OCRed or treated just as little images I don't know, but it seems
> important not to lose them in a lot of cases.

How many hours I once spent tearing my hair out wondering why \
wouldn't divide numbers!  Many a clanger in the first-edition B+ User
Guide earned a corrective minute, and this kind of knowledge gained
through hard experience is just as much a part of the book.

Around here, written notes don't get special treatment during scanning,
but when OCRing the book I'll type them into Word / PDF comments to
make them searchable.

Greg



       
       
               
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