On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, Karl Eichwalder wrote:
Yes, those books are not suitable for DP. Also other books could be proofread better and/or faster if one would loudly read the original text (plus punctions and stuff like that) and a partner proofreader would listen to the reader while checking the OCR results. (Of course, using a "Diktiergerät" (dictating machine and an appropriate player with pedals for control) you can go this way without a partner.
Not being able to find a willing partner, I have occasionally before simulated this effect by reading out loud sections of a text (including my own shorthand conventions for punctuation), recording it on a small handheld voice recorder, and then playing it back while following along with the digitised version. I like the idea of the machine you mention... Andrew