i've discussed how many of the digitization tasks
can be accomplished in a regular wordprocessor...

so, if you're on a mac, and you're interested in this,
you might want to check out some recent threads on
the d.p. forums, where a volunteer named "ernie" is
posting some automator and applescripts he uses...

ernie's user-name is "eschaal".

here's a thread where some discussion is happening:
>   http://www.pgdp.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2586&start=495

roger frank and the world-famous lucy24 have joined in...

here's the other thread:
>   http://www.pgdp.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=49617

ernie has also set up a wikipage:
>   http://www.pgdp.net/wiki/User:Eschaal/PPTools/Mac'

-bowerbird