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<blockquote data-quote="Hardhead" data-source="post: 465870" data-attributes="member: 2844">I downloaded the Factol's Manifesto ESD, and I can say that the OCR is absolutely horrendous.&nbsp; The number of garbage characters and misspelled words are staggering.&nbsp; The word &quot;Factol&quot; is usually spelled, Facto1, for instance.&nbsp; And it being the Factol's Manifesto, the word is in there a lot.Plus, the book was full color, and often had images behind the text.&nbsp; Generally, these are not OCR'd at all, leaving about 1/4 of the book completly without OCR.&nbsp; Of course, what is OCR'd is so nearly intelligable that it's barely useful.Here's the bit on Factol Ambar, for instance:4 iIn a place on the Outlands named Faydl tosome, Fayrie to others, and unknown tomost, an elf gave birth to a half-human son. This woman,Galina, found herself ostracizedby her kin - not for her choiceof father for her child, but for herrefusaltoshapeherdemeanorto H E A R +HE C A L Lthe stiff formality customaryfor those of the Quybier, herclan. Galina loved to dance, @ @ @ RAWSsing, laugh, andplay the harp. Not A SONGfAC+OL AmBAR too unusual for anelf, right? But then,all Galina knew washer own rigid family.Fortunately for her andher child, she also knew which plantsshe could eat and how to weave shelterfrom fallen pine boughs.Her son, Ambar, never knew he was poor. He slept onBECK@NS.LE+ L l f f S H- f m m &quot;THE feRGE,&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hardhead, post: 465870, member: 2844"] I downloaded the Factol's Manifesto ESD, and I can say that the OCR is absolutely horrendous. The number of garbage characters and misspelled words are staggering. The word "Factol" is usually spelled, Facto1, for instance. And it being the [i]Factol's[/i] Manifesto, the word is in there a lot. Plus, the book was full color, and often had images behind the text. Generally, these are not OCR'd at all, leaving about 1/4 of the book completly without OCR. Of course, what [i]is[/i] OCR'd is so nearly intelligable that it's barely useful. Here's the bit on Factol Ambar, for instance: 4 i In a place on the Outlands named Faydl to some, Fayrie to others, and unknown to most, an elf gave birth to a half- human son. This woman, Galina, found herself ostracized by her kin - not for her choice of father for her child, but for her refusaltoshapeherdemeanorto H E A R +HE C A L L the stiff formality customary for those of the Quybier, her clan. Galina loved to dance, @ @ @ RAWS sing, laugh, and play the harp. Not A SONG fAC+OL AmBAR too unusual for an elf, right? But then, all Galina knew was her own rigid family. Fortunately for her and her child, she also knew which plants she could eat and how to weave shelter from fallen pine boughs. Her son, Ambar, never knew he was poor. He slept on BECK@NS. LE+ L l f f S H - f m m "THE feRGE," [/QUOTE]

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