Purdue may be heading into a digitization project that requires searchable text. I am familiar with OCR systems for creating searchable text but I am not aware of companies that do offshore keyboarding. Has any one had experience with an offshore keyboarding service? Typically is the text returned in TEI or just straight ASCII? Any experiences that you have had could be helpful, certainly comments on accuracy. Thanks, Carl Snow Digital Initiatives Librarian Purdue University Libraries - SPEC Archives & Special Collections 504 W. State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2058 765-494-2764 [log in to unmask] A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>