Re: [gutvol-d] RE: [gavel-d] Ibn Batuta
"Dave Fawthrop" writes:
The original ?Arabic? would be nice.
In etext form? Yes. In paper form, it'd be down right useless for PG. We just don't have anyone really capable of handling it. We don't have OCR--the Urdu team at DP-EU is completely type-in, and I don't know of anyone interested in proofing more than a few lines of Arabic. -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 23:55:11 -0800, "D. Starner" <shalesller@writeme.com> wrote: | "Dave Fawthrop" writes: | > The original ?Arabic? would be nice. | | In etext form? Yes. In paper form, it'd be down right useless for PG. | We just don't have anyone really capable of handling it. Maybe a friend of a friend of someone on gutvol-d? | We don't have | OCR--the Urdu team at DP-EU is completely type-in, and I don't know | of anyone interested in proofing more than a few lines of Arabic. There are quite a lot of people who can read Classical Arabic, though not perhaps in the USA. I ended guessed an Arabic word and ended up with a long discussion with a Muslim lady who is quadra lingual about the differences between Classical Arabic and modern Arabics. Unicode has all the characters required. Also right to left writing. Also because Arabic is a language designed for calligraphy, a page scan of a well written copy would be useful. Sorry but my knowledge of Arabic is theoretical :-( -- Dave F
If you can forward this to me as an attachment, I think I have someone who can proof it for you. Michael On Sat, 25 Dec 2004, Dave Fawthrop wrote:
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 23:55:11 -0800, "D. Starner" <shalesller@writeme.com> wrote:
| "Dave Fawthrop" writes: | > The original ?Arabic? would be nice. | | In etext form? Yes. In paper form, it'd be down right useless for PG. | We just don't have anyone really capable of handling it.
Maybe a friend of a friend of someone on gutvol-d?
| We don't have | OCR--the Urdu team at DP-EU is completely type-in, and I don't know | of anyone interested in proofing more than a few lines of Arabic.
There are quite a lot of people who can read Classical Arabic, though not perhaps in the USA. I ended guessed an Arabic word and ended up with a long discussion with a Muslim lady who is quadra lingual about the differences between Classical Arabic and modern Arabics.
Unicode has all the characters required. Also right to left writing.
Also because Arabic is a language designed for calligraphy, a page scan of a well written copy would be useful.
Sorry but my knowledge of Arabic is theoretical :-(
-- Dave F
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