We use pdfs for transcripts beacuse you can OCR them for indexing.
Ann
On 5/18/07, Melissa Johnson <MJohnson at historysanjose.org> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> We recently completed an oral history project that includes mini DV
> tapes, a DVD, written and digital transcripts, and digital images. This
> is the first time we have done oral histories in about 15 years. My
> question is about the digital transcript. In what format should I save
> the digital transcript? Text, word, PDF? The digital version is burned
> on to the DVD as a Word document. I had trouble opening it with Word
> and ended up opening it with WordPad. Is it best to keep the text in
> the most basic format?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Melissa
>
>
>
> Melissa Johnson
>
> Curator of Interactive Media
>
> History San Jose
>
>
>
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