Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Digitization of books in Wikisource using DjVu
Thanks Shiju, As discussed, Marathi Wikisource has started using this from last month and have created more than 5 books. Still we would like to have more knowledge sharing from other languages on the same On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Shiju Alex wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > This mail is more relevant to wikimedians working in Wiksiource. > > Here is a small blog post about the digitization of books using DjVu (or > about using Proofread extension). > http://shijualex.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/digitization-of-books-in-wikisource-using-djvu/ > > > Post is also placed in metawiki at > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Indic_Languages/Digitization_of_books_in_Wikisource_using_DjVu > > Few Indic wiki source communities (Sanskrit and Malayalam) are using this > method extensively to digitize the books. But some other communities are > not aware about the use of such an extension. > > This post is for sharing the best practices from differenent Indic wiki > communities. Going forward I will be sharing these type of best practices > and lessons from various Indic language wiki communities. This > is essential since in most cases challenges, issues, and solutions are > similar for Indic wiki communities. > > Shiju Alex > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Regards, Mandar V Kulkarni Email: mandar.kulka...@wikimedia.in Website: http://mr.wikipedia.org ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Digitization of books in Wikisource using DjVu
Thanks to Shiju for this email. Using Wikisource for digitizing books is a very fun experience. I do it quite a lot. It is fun even without OCR, although OCR makes things easier, of course. It is useful to a lot of people, too. It's a shame that Wikisource is so frequently overlooked :) A technical comment: As far as i know, the technical differences between PDF and DjVu are not very impotant. If you already have a PDF of a book that you want to digitize on Wikisource, you don't have to convert it to DjVu, because Wikisource works with both. 2012/3/24 Shiju Alex : > Dear Wikimedians, > > This mail is more relevant to wikimedians working in Wiksiource. > > Here is a small blog post about the digitization of books using DjVu (or > about using Proofread > extension). http://shijualex.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/digitization-of-books-in-wikisource-using-djvu/ > > Post is also placed in metawiki > at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Indic_Languages/Digitization_of_books_in_Wikisource_using_DjVu > > Few Indic wiki source communities (Sanskrit and Malayalam) are using this > method extensively to digitize the books. But some other communities are not > aware about the use of such an extension. > > This post is for sharing the best practices from differenent Indic wiki > communities. Going forward I will be sharing these type of best practices > and lessons from various Indic language wiki communities. This > is essential since in most cases challenges, issues, and solutions are > similar for Indic wiki communities. > > Shiju Alex > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
