[R-390] R-390/R-391 Manual for the New Millenium

Thu, 28 Feb 2002 09:56:38 -0500

Gang:

For the Y2K R-390A manual, I used Textbride OCR software to scan and OCR the
text.  It was a better deal to buy it S/W as part of  "Pagis Pro 3.0" rather
than alone.  However, it took quite a bit of experimentation and "training"
to get reasonable accuracy.  Also a team of proofreaders.

I should also point out that I started from the '85 Navlex manual.  That one
looks like most of the straight text was redone in mainframe or PC word
processing to start with by the Navy -- telltales, such as type style and
wide single column page layout -- not characteristic of formal typesetting
and mil manuals which are usually double column. The unimproved parts list
and some other small-type tables were much tougher.

So, there was a starting advantage that may not apply to most other manuals
when it comes to OCRing.  Doing an OCR job is preferable to bit images --
crystal clear and much smaller file size. (e.g. 4 vs. 40 megs)  They print
much faster as well.  There may be a source for a pre-OCR'ed non-A manual --
I'll check it out.

Barry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Tirevold" <[email protected]>
To: "Paul H. Anderson" <[email protected]>; "Barry Hauser" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] R-391 restoration update

>
> > Does anyone offhand know what documentation production system was
> > used to generate the Y2K R-390A manual?  Specifically, what text and
> > graphic page layout program?
> >
>
> The manual was OCR scanned by Barry.  Pete Wokoun did up most of the
> drawings in Visio. I then loaded and proofed the combined material in
> Microsoft Word.  Once it was 'good enough' - I generated .PDF files
> using Adobe Acrobat.
>
> The Y2K Version 2 manual is in process.  I'm up to chapter 5 with
> corrections, revisions and better drawings.   It'll be released when
> it's 'good enough'.  The plan is to have it available in smaller
> "chunks" for downloading and to install beter indexing.
>
> If you have information that you think belongs in the version 2 manual,
> send it along - we want it to be the most accurate and useful R-390A
> manual available.
>
> Al
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