We are in the process of imaging quite a few books from the 18th century, and would like to run the files through an OCR engine. Many of the books contain typeface conventions (ligatures, long "S"s) that are making this difficult. I've heard rumors that software such as ABBYY Finereader and Prime Recognition are "trainable" to recognize these characters properly. Has anyone been able to do this successfully on a large scale? Are their other options for converting arcane letterings into accurate text files? Thanks, in advance. -Tom Thomas Blake Digital Imaging Production Manager Boston Public Library 700 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02116 617 859-2039 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]>