[okfn-help] Re: Fwd: [okfn-discuss] Project updates: Open Shakespeare

Mon Apr 2 10:54:30 BST 2007

Moving this to okfn-help as this is not general interest but project 
specific.

Oldak Quill wrote:
> On 21/03/07, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
[snip]
>> I've only been able to find the first two volumes via google -- do you
>> know where I can vols 3-8? I should also say that we are only interested
>> in 10 pages or so of that particular volume large work so it might we
>> worth just doing it ourselves (or is there a way to suggest just a small
>> section to the distributed proof reading project). We also need to do
>> the OCRing as text on wikisource is just the scan (from a look around
>> pgdp.net it seems you need to scan it before it gets to them).
> 
> http://www.pgdp.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3915 - this is the forum
> thread concerning PGDP's Encyclopaedia Britannica "Uberproject".

Thanks for the link. The delay in response is due to delay taken in 
signing up and confirming my account!

> I do know that the 8th volume (Dubois to Dyeing) is in the first
> proofreading stage. This means that the first 7 volumes have completed
> this stage, but not necessarily that they have been finally released.
> Texts which have only partially been proofread are still accessable
> and of a useable standard (you might need to do a little formatting).

Shakespeare is in vol. 24 :( (full details on 
http://project.knowledgeforge.net/shakespeare/trac/ticket/24)

I note, looking at the first entry in the pgdp thread that there are 
some specialised sections (e.g. Condensation of Gases: 
http://www.pgdp.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20120) which have been broken 
out of the main flow so perhaps Shakespeare could fit in as one of them?

> If the texts you are looking for is in the first eight volumes, I can
> help you to find the exact articles by looking through project pages
> and whatnot. If it isn't in the first eight, the best way forward
> would be just to proofread the pages you need yourself. I'd also
> happily help with this.

That would be great. First thing we need to do is ocr the tiffs from 
wikisource. Do you have suggestions for open source ocr tools?

~rufus