Re:Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better
by jfengel on Friday May 15, 2026 @05:27PM
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I didn't realized DP was still around. I used to do it quite a bit, 15 years ago, but OCR has improved considerably since then.
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Re:Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better
by tangledhelix on Saturday May 16, 2026 @11:45AM
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OCR has improved a lot since then, but OCR is just step 1 of reading in text. They make a lot of errors (even now, especially on old worn out paper pages) and even if they didn't, one has to format the book, deal with footnotes, sidenotes, illustrations, etc. DP is very active, we will welcome you back with open arms :)