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<div>Thanks Tony.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">R<br><br>Sent from Richard Offen's iPad</div><div><br>On 9 Jan 2017, at 12:33 am, 'Tony Smith' <a href="mailto:smith_a_p@btinternet.com">smith_a_p@btinternet.com</a> [bellhistorians] <<a href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p>Hi Richard,<br>
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I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear.<br>
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My previous message was responding to the suggestion that the Trollope<br>
manuscript CD ROM was no longer readable. The scanned images on the CD are<br>
in TIF format and are as readable today as the day they were created.<br>
<br>
They could be readily converted to other image formats such as JPEG, or even<br>
embedded in a document format such as PDF. However that would not make the<br>
images searchable. For searching to be possible the images would have to be<br>
OCR'd (PDF supports the overlaying of the images on the OCR'd text, so that<br>
it appears that you are searching the images when you are actually searching<br>
the OCR'd text). OCR has developed to the point that it is fairly reliable<br>
so long as the image is of clean printed text. However I would be surprised<br>
if it could make a good job of OCR'ing Trollope's handwriting. I would be<br>
happy to be proved wrong!<br>
<br>
In case it is useful to others I've created a listing of the structure of<br>
the image files on the Trollope CD at<br>
<a href="http://www.methods.org.uk/files/trollope.txt">http://www.methods.org.uk/files/trollope.txt</a> .<br>
<br>
Can anyone help with my enquiry about the content and availability of the<br>
Wratten CD ROM ?<br>
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Many thanks and best wishes for the New Year, Tony<br>
email <a href="mailto:smith_a_p@btinternet.com">mailto:smith_a_p@btinternet.com</a> <br>
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