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=Equipment=
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=[[Instructions for Editors]]=
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=How We Did This=
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==Equipment==
 
*Windows XP box with 2GB RAM, AMD Athlon XP 2700+
 
*Windows XP box with 2GB RAM, AMD Athlon XP 2700+
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*HP Scanjet 3670
 
 
*Plustek OpticBook 3600
 
*Plustek OpticBook 3600
  
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=Software=
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==Software==
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*HP Scanjet software (bundled)
 
 
*Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0
 
*Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0
 
*Adobe Photoshop CS 8.0
 
*Adobe Photoshop CS 8.0
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=Procedure=
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*Abbyy FineReader 8.0 Professional
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*All Programs...Hewlett-Packard...Scanjet Scanner 36X0 Series...Photo & Imaging Director
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*OpticBook 3600 driver
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**Choose "Scan Document"
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***Select - Scan for editable text (OCR)? Yes
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==Procedure==
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***Select - Original contains graphics? No
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===scan pages from opticbook 3600===
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***Scan to: "Save to file"
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300dpi, grayscale
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***Click "Scan"
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===batch rename pages===
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**Rotate as appropriate with buttons on left hand side
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from "Image xxxx.jpg" to "xxxx-xxxx.jpg" to reflect page numbers
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**Click "Accept"
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===batch resize pages===
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**Click "No" when asked to scan another image
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using photoshop automation, save for web, jpeg low settings, and 38% scaled
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**Save file as <page numbers>.pdf (e.g., 366-367.pdf)
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===wiki upload===
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*Open pdf file
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batch upload jpg files to wiki
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**Tools...Advanced Editing...TouchUp Object Tool
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**Left-click on page to select, then right-click and choose "Edit Image"
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*created wiki.cfg file with two lines:
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**Ignore warning about flattening image (Check "Don't show again" and click "OK")
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**user=
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**File...Save for web...
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**password=
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**Choose "JPEG Low" preset
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*Had [[Upload perl script]] in the same directory as wiki.cfg
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**Adjust image size to 75%, click "Apply"
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**Modified a few lines to point to http://morganreport.org/mediawiki/index.php:
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**Click "Save"
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server=> WebServer->new("http://morganreport.org"),
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**Save file as <page numbers>.jpg (e.g., 366-367.jpg)
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url=> "/mediawiki/index.php",
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*Upload file to wiki
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**Description: Reports of Committe on Foreign Relations 1789-1901 Volume 6 pp<xxx>-<xxx>
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*Used OpenOffice Calc to create a list of commands
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*Add new page link on wiki MainPage
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perl wiki-upload.pl "502-503.jpg" "Reports of Committee on Foreign Relations 1789-1902 Volume 6 pp502-503"
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[[<xxx>-<xxx>]]
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*Edit new page in wiki, and put in stub code
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*Copied commands into dos batch file, and executed batch
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===wiki stubs===
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*Navigate to page in wiki, and put in stub code
 
**for first page, make previous=Main Page, for last page, make next=Main Page
 
**for first page, make previous=Main Page, for last page, make next=Main Page
 
<pre>{{Double Page|previous=<xxx>-<xxx>|current=<xxx>-<xxx>|next=<xxx>-<xxx>}}</pre>
 
<pre>{{Double Page|previous=<xxx>-<xxx>|current=<xxx>-<xxx>|next=<xxx>-<xxx>}}</pre>
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===batch OCR full resolution pages===
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create PDF with FineReader
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===wiki upload text===
 
*Click on the "Template:<xxx>-<xxx>" link and copy the text from the pdf
 
*Click on the "Template:<xxx>-<xxx>" link and copy the text from the pdf
 
*Spell-check and copy edit the text
 
*Spell-check and copy edit the text
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**fix hyphenated words
 
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**put a blank line before each paragraph
 
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*Add the page to the bottom of the [[Transcribed Morgan Report]]
 
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{{<xxx>-<xxx>}}
 
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=Notes=
 
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*Scanning in at 300ppi, 256 gray shades (8-bit grayscale)
 
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*I'm not uploading the raw PDF files, since they're about 5 times as large as the jpgs
 
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*Scanning pages 362-1169 (807 pages)
 
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*2 pages takes roughly 5 minutes to scan, convert, upload and add text
 
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**2017.5 minutes total required
 
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**33.625 hours required
 
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**approximately 1 hour/day available
 
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**about 40 days total
 
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*14 pages already scanned (but not proofed)
 
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=[[Instructions for Editors]]=
 

Latest revision as of 16:33, 7 February 2006

Instructions for Editors

How We Did This

Equipment

  • Windows XP box with 2GB RAM, AMD Athlon XP 2700+
  • Plustek OpticBook 3600

Software

  • Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0
  • Adobe Photoshop CS 8.0
  • Abbyy FineReader 8.0 Professional
  • OpticBook 3600 driver

Procedure

scan pages from opticbook 3600

300dpi, grayscale

batch rename pages

from "Image xxxx.jpg" to "xxxx-xxxx.jpg" to reflect page numbers

batch resize pages

using photoshop automation, save for web, jpeg low settings, and 38% scaled

wiki upload

batch upload jpg files to wiki 

server=> WebServer->new("http://morganreport.org"),
url=> "/mediawiki/index.php",
  • Used OpenOffice Calc to create a list of commands
perl wiki-upload.pl "502-503.jpg" "Reports of Committee on Foreign Relations 1789-1902 Volume 6 pp502-503"
  • Copied commands into dos batch file, and executed batch

wiki stubs

  • Navigate to page in wiki, and put in stub code
    • for first page, make previous=Main Page, for last page, make next=Main Page
{{Double Page|previous=<xxx>-<xxx>|current=<xxx>-<xxx>|next=<xxx>-<xxx>}}

batch OCR full resolution pages

create PDF with FineReader

wiki upload text

  • Click on the "Template:<xxx>-<xxx>" link and copy the text from the pdf
  • Spell-check and copy edit the text
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