Date   : Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:03:58 +0100
From   : christopher.whytehead@... (chris whytehead)
Subject: The Micro User

Anders Carlsson wrote
>
> Chris Whytehead wrote:
>
> > But the key to good scans is careful proofreading and correction which
> > remains very time consuming.
>
> Out of curiosity, do you correct typos present in the original
> document, or
> only those inflicted by the OCR process? I have scanned a few
> documents too
> (although not even 1/10 of your production) and found that quite
> frequently
> the material contains typos or even factual errors. The latter
> should remain
> unchanged, perhaps with a footnote about not being relevant or wrong.
>
Generally speaking I leave typos and other error present in the original
unchanged because the objective is to present the original document. If I
noticed a major howler, I might comment on it outside the document, but
don't think I have done so yet. Also minor spelling type typos may well get
corrected by me without noticing they are in the original.

Chris
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