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Jellby · 10-17-2008, 11:53 AM

I was thinking of creating an e-book version of "Vie privée et publique des animaux", with illustrations by J.J. Grandville. The book is available in Gallica (http://gallica.bnf.fr/Catalogue/noti...NF38926363.htm), but unfortunatelly only as scanned pages in PDF or TIFF format. I guess I can extract the illustrations from the scans, but copying the text is like too much for me. Would anyone help me extract the text with an OCR program (which I don't have)? I could then proofread it, add the illustrations, and create the formated e-book... PM me if you're interested (or if you know anywhere else I can get the text from).

Thanks in advance.

10-17-2008, 11:53 AM	#218
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,561 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	I was thinking of creating an e-book version of "Vie privée et publique des animaux", with illustrations by J.J. Grandville. The book is available in Gallica (http://gallica.bnf.fr/Catalogue/noti...NF38926363.htm), but unfortunatelly only as scanned pages in PDF or TIFF format. I guess I can extract the illustrations from the scans, but copying the text is like too much for me. Would anyone help me extract the text with an OCR program (which I don't have)? I could then proofread it, add the illustrations, and create the formated e-book... PM me if you're interested (or if you know anywhere else I can get the text from). Thanks in advance.