Optical Character Recognition

This is a practical guide to OCR in the library environment. It answers practical questions such as: what is OCR?; what practical applications does it have in the library?; what equipment and resources are needed to run it?; and what are the cost implications? Not only do the authors address these issues, they also tackle issues concerning building OCRD into the full range of library systems. Special focus is placed on extensions to OCR-related technology, including an analysis of the uses of desktop publishing in tandem with OCR. Overall the emphasis of the book is on the practical. Although OCR is an involved discipline requiring some aptitude and knowledge from the user, this text should make the whole technology more accessible to a broad range of readers, even those with little prior knowledge in the field.
 
This is a practical guide to OCR in the library environment. It answers practical questions such as: what is OCR?; what practical applications does it have in the library?; what equipment and resources are needed to run it?; and what are the cost implications? Not only do the authors address these issues, they also tackle issues concerning building OCRD into the full range of library systems. Special focus is placed on extensions to OCR-related technology, including an analysis of the uses of desktop publishing in tandem with OCR. Overall the emphasis of the book is on the practical. Although OCR is an involved discipline requiring some aptitude and knowledge from the user, this text should make the whole technology more accessible to a broad range of readers, even those with little prior knowledge in the field.