Looking for "The epicurean" by Thomas Moore - Page 2

Lobolover · 04-07-2008, 08:56 PM

Patricia-I actualy CAN open PDF now,thanks to Foxit reader.

Lobolover · 04-11-2008, 11:25 AM

but it doenst open through Foxit reader.strange.What is stranger stil is I emailed the guy in charge of the scan several days ago and he didnt reply till now.

Patricia · 04-11-2008, 11:56 AM

Well, I've got no problems opening the pdf (with adobe, admittedly). Might the problem be with your computer, rather than the file?

RWood · 04-11-2008, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

Madam Broshkina kindly gave you a link to the text file of The Epicurean in the Internet Archive. These are usually very poor quality.
However, they are made from djvu or pdf files which are very good, though bulky.
Try this:

http://www.archive.org/details/theepicurean00moor

You might find that the pdf meets your needs, otherwise you could use it as a basis for correcting the poor quality text file.

I used the Internet Archive PDF versions as the basis for several volumes of the Harvard Classics series. I did run them through my own OCR as the provided OCR texts were a bit buggy (and the redone ones far better.) IA is a great resource.

Lobolover · 04-11-2008, 05:36 PM

Patricia-thats what ive been hearing all my life,regardless of what computer I use.Have you tried it with foxit reader?

nrapallo · 04-11-2008, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

I used the Internet Archive PDF versions as the basis for several volumes of the Harvard Classics series. I did run them through my own OCR as the provided OCR texts were a bit buggy (and the redone ones far better.) IA is a great resource.

RWood:

Did you see the DJVU text copy ( harvardclassics50eliouoft_djvu.txt ) of Volume 50 there.

I grabbed it as it was quite good. I started to make corrections to fix incorrect line-breaks, starting from the end and I am working backwards.

Is your OCR text better than that copy? BTW, the other (first) text format was a disaster.

Looking forward to converting any Volume 50 .prc you may create.

Regards,

igorsk · 04-11-2008, 07:11 PM

AFAIR Internet Archive and Google PDFs use JPEG2000 compression which is not suported by all viewers.

Lobolover · 04-22-2008, 05:58 PM

its not via a "viewer" ,its on the computer.

Hadrien · 04-22-2008, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lobolover

its not via a "viewer" ,its on the computer.

Viewer is a generic term for a software used to display such a file.

Lobolover · 04-22-2008, 06:41 PM

hmm-you know what?that guy stil hasen't replied.

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04-07-2008, 08:56 PM	#16
Lobolover Gorosei Posts: 421 Karma: 334 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Microsoft Word	Patricia-I actualy CAN open PDF now,thanks to Foxit reader.

04-11-2008, 11:25 AM	#17
Lobolover Gorosei Posts: 421 Karma: 334 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Microsoft Word	but it doenst open through Foxit reader.strange.What is stranger stil is I emailed the guy in charge of the scan several days ago and he didnt reply till now.

04-11-2008, 11:56 AM	#18
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Well, I've got no problems opening the pdf (with adobe, admittedly). Might the problem be with your computer, rather than the file?

04-11-2008, 05:36 PM	#20
Lobolover Gorosei Posts: 421 Karma: 334 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Microsoft Word	Patricia-thats what ive been hearing all my life,regardless of what computer I use.Have you tried it with foxit reader?

04-11-2008, 07:11 PM	#22
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	AFAIR Internet Archive and Google PDFs use JPEG2000 compression which is not suported by all viewers.

04-22-2008, 05:58 PM	#23
Lobolover Gorosei Posts: 421 Karma: 334 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Microsoft Word	its not via a "viewer" ,its on the computer.

04-22-2008, 06:41 PM	#25
Lobolover Gorosei Posts: 421 Karma: 334 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Microsoft Word	hmm-you know what?that guy stil hasen't replied.