I second David's vote for using Google Docs to do OCR on scanned documents. We had a summer intern start uploading typewritten student Foxfire oral history reports in our collection. It just took a quick proof to correct small errors, and it worked beautifully -- for free. And you can also add images. For those interested, here's how we introduced our reports, followed by an example:
http://hatfieldhistory.weebly.com/hatfield-stories.html
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F_J05Ni7M-yZMj9gwsBqPIPeA3OYYk-qacWc-Pu4_Wo/edit
http://hatfieldhistory.weebly.com/hatfield-stories.html
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F_J05Ni7M-yZMj9gwsBqPIPeA3OYYk-qacWc-Pu4_Wo/edit
best,
--Kathie
Kathie Gow
Curator, Hatfield Historical Museum http://hatfieldhistory.weebly.com
Oral History Producer http://www.wordspicturesstories.com
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 3:50 PM, David Lewis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Erika,
A bit late to reply, but . . . .
We're experimenting with OCR Software for a project and realized Google Documents can to the work for us. When uploading a scanned "pdf" to Google Docs, there is an option to "check" which converts the document to a readable text file. Thus far it's working well for our needs, and best of all - it's FREE!
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Hello All,
I am interested to know if anyone uses OCR (optical character recognition) software in their museums, and if so, what software do you recommend?
Best,Erika
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Erika J. Goergen
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Heurich House Museum
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Washington, D.C. 20036
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