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Old 03-20-2014, 12:41 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Catlady View Post
In what universe can a proofreader read 100+ pages per hour?
If you just have to check for formatting errors? Probably. Remember, he continued on to say (emphasis mine):

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With the proper tools and workflow the proofing is reduced primarily to looking for broken sentences as the ocr software is effectively perfect when fed 400-dpi grayscale images. For non-fiction, the biggest effort is tagging the footnote/endnote hyperlinks.
Also, I can read about 100 pages an hour on a good day, and both comprehend the words and notice glaring errors.
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