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Originally Posted by crossi
Almost seems it might be easier to simply re-type it. Depending on how fast you type.
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No.
The computer can "retype" (OCR) the entire book within a few seconds/minutes, then it's just up to you to proofread and make sure it's as close to 100% correct as possible.
And remember, a book is not just the raw/plain text—the formatting itself (bold/italics/superscript) is just as important.
I wrote about this exact subject back in:
There's a heck of a lot more layers to digitizing a book than just the surface-level text.
Why not let the computer do 99% correct work within seconds, then you focus your time on comparing and correcting based on the original—you know, the part the human is good at!
