[B-Greek] Scanning Funk's Grammar

George F. Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Mon Jun 7 22:48:07 EDT 2004


Sounds like the best solution yet. 

gfsomsel
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On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 23:10:58 -0300 "Brent Hudson"
<brent at riveroflifembchurch.com> writes:
> Even better (IMO) would be to have one person scan the entire three 
> volumes
> and distribute the scanned images via FTP (or other protocol).  It 
> would
> save postage and if a person wanted a paper copy of their section, 
> they
> could simply print the images.
> 
> I have a borrowed copy of Funk and the binding is so brittle that if 
> I were
> to attempt scanning, I would need to have it rebound.  
> 
> Brent Hudson
> Moncton, NB
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org 
> > [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of 
> > George F. Somsel
> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 5:37 PM
> > To: bgreek at ntresources.com
> > Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Scanning Funk's Grammar
> > 
> > Perhaps it would be better to divide the task and send 
> > photocopies of the appropriate sections to those 
> > participating for manual entry.  Some standards regarding 
> > font, font size, margins, etc. would need to be established.
> > 
> > gfsomsel
> > __________
> > 
> > On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 15:40:15 -0400 bgreek at ntresources.com writes:
> > > I hope those involved in scanning realize what it takes to OCR
> > > *Greek*
> > > text..., esp. mixed English & Greek text.... Perhaps there 
> > is software 
> > > that will do so, but I don't know of any. If that assumption is 
> 
> > > correct, realize that a scan will produce readable text of only 
> the 
> > > English portions.
> > > That
> > > leaves a *LOT* of manual entry of Greek text, often in complex 
> > > formatting.
> > > And I would *hope* that this would be done in Unicode so as to 
> be 
> > > viable in future years. All the incompatible legacy 
> > encodings of the 
> > > dozens of Greek fonts in use over the past 20 or more years 
> > has left 
> > > us with a royal mess.
> > > 
> > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Rodney J. 
> Decker, 
> > > Th.D., Assoc. Professor/NT Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks 
> > Summit, PA, 
> > > USA
> > > URL: www.NTResources.com
> > > PURL: purl.oclc.org/NT_Resources/
> > > Email: <rdecker> at <NTResources.com>
> > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
> > >   
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ross J Purdy
> > > > [mailto:rossjpurdy.at.netwurx.net at bgreek.at.ntresources.com]
> > > > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 3:43 PM
> > > > To: B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> > > > Cc: Carl W. Conrad
> > > > Subject: [B-Greek] Scanning Funk's Grammar
> > > > 
> > > > Carl wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > >If need be I can supply the 3-volume textbook (coming apart
> > > > with that
> > > > >old-time cheap binding but all pages intact individually)
> > > > but I don't
> > > > >have a copy of the workbook. I suspect that the books would
> > > > have to be
> > > > >disassembled for careful scanning.
> > > > 
> > > > I have purchased a new scanner and I have OmniPage Pro 14 
> > scanning 
> > > > software.
> > > > If you send me your copy, I can get busy scanning right away! 
> 
> > > > What do you say?
> > > > 
> > > > In Christ,
> > > > Ross Purdy
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