tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826295427613956165.post7118116679447473866..comments2023-09-26T01:37:45.201-07:00Comments on Rick Cook's Notebook: Still the scanning saga continues. . .Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826295427613956165.post-43119625607096631662011-07-23T18:27:59.366-07:002011-07-23T18:27:59.366-07:00Hey Rick, I've done Magazine and newspaper sca...Hey Rick, I've done Magazine and newspaper scans for fashion models and others. Remind me to tell you the story of the 'room of me' sometime. I know how to handle the tricky parts of getting them to scan right because of the background 'noise' inherent in their printing process. Give me a ring cause I could scan, check it, and give it to you in many common formats. It would give me another excuse to read more of your books. <br />Jennifer TrethewyJennifer Luhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268098186522338931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826295427613956165.post-29012566600745829842011-07-21T16:47:39.386-07:002011-07-21T16:47:39.386-07:00That's a good idea, except for a couple of thi...That's a good idea, except for a couple of things. First, the problem is getting something that's near correct scanned in.<br /><br />Second, it would be a poor approach with this article because it's full of Aztec names like "heutlacoatl"<br /><br />Well we'll see how well this approach works.Rick Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15747635851131498736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826295427613956165.post-58207947888532901322011-07-21T16:33:00.814-07:002011-07-21T16:33:00.814-07:00Maybe you already addressed this, but have you con...Maybe you already addressed this, but have you considered a little Mechanical Turk action? That is, maybe upload the scanned images to a hosting service (such as imgur) and then starting a common shared area (such as a GitHub Gist or a Google Doc) to just let rabid fans do all of the transcription for you?Rick Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562092072944471495noreply@blogger.com