OCR fails

Barty · 05-03-2014, 08:03 PM

Can't tell your arms from Uranus.

http://www.mhpbooks.com/she-put-her-...ners-go-wrong/

bgalbrecht · 05-04-2014, 03:47 PM

Apparently that's not something that the Distributed Proofreaders found to be a common scanning error (aka scannos), because their post-scan prep tool doesn't look for it. I suppose it depends on the OCR application used. Maybe it's because of the time I've spent reviewing pages on their site, but obvious scannos like that really bug me. I think the ones where they tried to fix a common scanno with a global search and replace and they got it wrong are worse.

05-03-2014, 08:03 PM	#1
Barty doofus Posts: 2,555 Karma: 13089041 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Voyage	OCR fails Can't tell your arms from Uranus. http://www.mhpbooks.com/she-put-her-...ners-go-wrong/

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05-04-2014, 03:47 PM	#2
bgalbrecht Wizard Posts: 1,806 Karma: 13399999 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: US Device: Nook Simple Touch, Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Clara HD, Kindle 4	Apparently that's not something that the Distributed Proofreaders found to be a common scanning error (aka scannos), because their post-scan prep tool doesn't look for it. I suppose it depends on the OCR application used. Maybe it's because of the time I've spent reviewing pages on their site, but obvious scannos like that really bug me. I think the ones where they tried to fix a common scanno with a global search and replace and they got it wrong are worse.

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