Comments on: State Senate, Pork, and You: A Pathetic Primer http://rochesterturning.com/2006/12/03/state-senate-pork-and-you-a-pathetic-primer/ turning the tide upstate Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:56:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: bythepeople http://rochesterturning.com/2006/12/03/state-senate-pork-and-you-a-pathetic-primer/#comment-4096 bythepeople Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:47:27 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/2006/12/03/state-senate-pork-and-you-a-pathetic-primer/#comment-4096 In theory, sounds great. But for 3000 pages? Plus the fact that any of the OCR programs I've seen output raw, unformatted text, that are difficult at best to read. Plus the fact that OCR-ing usually requires some fixing up of misinterpreted text on each page. Times that by 3000. When the Senate could, in 5 minutes, send out a reasonable version. In theory, sounds great. But for 3000 pages? Plus the fact that any of the OCR programs I’ve seen output raw, unformatted text, that are difficult at best to read. Plus the fact that OCR-ing usually requires some fixing up of misinterpreted text on each page. Times that by 3000.

When the Senate could, in 5 minutes, send out a reasonable version.

]]> By: mikros http://rochesterturning.com/2006/12/03/state-senate-pork-and-you-a-pathetic-primer/#comment-4092 mikros Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:12:53 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/2006/12/03/state-senate-pork-and-you-a-pathetic-primer/#comment-4092 So print it, scan it, and use OCR to convert it into searchable document. So print it, scan it, and use OCR to convert it into searchable document.

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