They will be scanning the files -- but the papers
aren't indexed for research purposes -- that's what
will cost 25 cents a keystroke.

Kim

--- Anne Lane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> At 07:33 AM 8/2/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >We recently contracted with a company to convert
> some
> >microfilm records to CDs.  They will also need to
> be
> >indexed.  The company quoted us at 25 cents a
> >KEYSTROKE -- it would cost $2.00 just to type my
> first
> >name!  We obviously decided the indexing would make
> an
> >excellent internship project instead.
>
>  Isn't there some way the microfilm could be
> scanned? Somehow the thought
> of simply typing all those thousands of words into a
> computer seems a giant
> step backward. Not to mention a huge chunk of
> somebody's budget. Heck, I'm
> out of work right now, I'll do it for five cents a
> stroke, your own name
> for the bargain price of 40 cents! How do other
> people do this sort of
> thing, anyway?
> Anne
> Anne
> Anne T. Lane
> 324 Banks Street
> Fort Mill SC 29715
> 803-547-6077
> [log in to unmask]
>
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