Mike Lyle wrote:
> Hang about. (This is a genuine question, not a smart-arsery.) I'm
> taking "scan" in its restricted OCR-type meaning: you mean they do
> that? I wouldn't dream of getting evidence for a dictionary by that
> means, especially reading a wide variety of print styles.
OK, I'll try not to give you a "smart-arsey" response.
No. Many other organizations do it (or use "human OCR") in building up
corpora and literary collections. The publishing history of these
documents is almost always available when you access them: in major
projects like Project Gutenberg and LION, you can always trust what you
get.
There is a reading program that's been around forever: you can get more
information at askoxford.com.
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