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| − | =Equipment= | + | =[[Instructions for Editors]]= |
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| + | =How We Did This= | ||
| + | ==Equipment== | ||
*Windows XP box with 2GB RAM, AMD Athlon XP 2700+ | *Windows XP box with 2GB RAM, AMD Athlon XP 2700+ | ||
| − | * | + | *Plustek OpticBook 3600 |
| − | =Software= | + | |
| − | + | ==Software== | |
*Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0 | *Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0 | ||
*Adobe Photoshop CS 8.0 | *Adobe Photoshop CS 8.0 | ||
| − | =Procedure= | + | *Abbyy FineReader 8.0 Professional |
| − | + | *OpticBook 3600 driver | |
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| − | + | ==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 | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | *created wiki.cfg file with two lines: | |
| − | + | **user= | |
| − | + | **password= | |
| − | + | *Had [[Upload perl script]] in the same directory as wiki.cfg | |
| − | + | **Modified a few lines to point to http://morganreport.org/mediawiki/index.php: | |
| − | + | 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 | ||
| + | <pre>{{Double Page|previous=<xxx>-<xxx>|current=<xxx>-<xxx>|next=<xxx>-<xxx>}}</pre> | ||
| + | ===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 | ||
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
- created wiki.cfg file with two lines:
- user=
- password=
- Had Upload perl script in the same directory as wiki.cfg
- Modified a few lines to point to http://morganreport.org/mediawiki/index.php:
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