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Originally Posted by TechSarge
Shall I OCR, and spend a month proofreading?
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If you want the best possible result - yes.
But if the scans are very good and you have a decent OCR software (like ABBYY FineReader) you probably won't need all that much proof reading. If the scans are horrible, obtaining better scans might actually be less work than fixing the errors that are caused by bad quality images...
Also I proof read while I read the books. I have an old fashioned pencil and paper next to me and when I spot an error I just write it down. So next time I'm on the PC I can just correct those errors I found (and if its a recurring error, correct all others like it too, if I can find a search&replace regexp that works).
Only worthwhile if it's a book that you might read again after some time though.
For royalty free books you could just share and ask others to report errors they find back to you ...