At 10:52 17/03/2003, you wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cctech-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-admin_at_classiccmp.org]On
> > Behalf Of Adrian Vickers
> > Sent: 15 March 2003 13:25
> > To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> > Subject: ICL OPD - Documentation (2)
> >
> >
> > Second (and second easiest) part done, the Advanced Operations Manual:
> >
> > http://classic-micros.com/iclopd/advancedops/index.html
> >
>
>Nice one! How long did that little bit o'scanning take?
Not too long, really: Probably an hour to hour-and-a-half of slaving over
the scanner (mostly setting up the contrast/brightness to try to get the
things OCRable, which I gave up on in the end - more in a mo). About
another 1/2hr of general tidying up (rotating all the odd pages, since they
came out upside-down), and about another 1/2hr cobbling together &
debugging the HTML page.
As for the OCR, I was getting terrible results with CuneiForm '99 (an OCR
package I actually purchased, damnit). I've now downloaded a thing called
ImageDock, which does a far far better job. I'm currently OCRing the
Handbook (i.e. main user manual), one section at a time. Which is taking
ages, but mainly because I'm sorting the layout so it's pretty similar to
the actual manual.
Currently, have done section C1 (13 pages + coverette), will do section C2
tonight (17 pages), etc. I'm going to try to complete one section per day
(excluding this w/e), which should mean it'll take about 3-4 weeks to complete.
So, if anyone is considering CuneiForm as their OCR package - don't.
ImageDock is much better.
--
Cheers, Ade.
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Received on Mon Mar 17 2003 - 13:29:01 GMT