OCR madness .....

wini · Post by **wini** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:08 am

This is all very, very funny.

Where do I sign up to learn this new language? Hope it can be done on the Internet..

wini

Post by **emanday** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:50 pm

I've just had the wildest thought (my family keep threatening to do something about these

)

Maybe if they used the same system to scan the old Wills and Testaments written in old Scots or Secretary, it would miraculously translate them

Well, I did say it WAS a wild thought.

Post by **SarahND** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:54 pm

Hi Mary,
Here's a slightly wilder thought that just might work:
Have them scan the old wills as you said, then rescan the scans back to the original!!

Well, at least it would give two versions to compare...

Keep up the wild thoughts,
Sarah

Post by **emanday** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:00 pm

It's nice to know I'm not the only one

Let's face it, it might even work

sporran · Post by **sporran** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:25 pm

Hello all,

I sent a question to Ancestry before posting my thoughts yesterday. Their reply was received a short time ago:

Dear John,

We appreciate your message.

We have a team of humans that transcribe the records.

If there is anything else with which we might assist you, please let us know.

Justin W
Member Solutions
Ancestry.com

Regards,

John

pinkshoes · Post by **pinkshoes** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:29 pm

Oh well that explains everything

byztvicjes
Pymgchowze

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:49 pm

Dear All

Please note they did not specify which continent and what the root language was

There have been concerns about Polish workers seeking better positions over here but I don't think the transcriptions sounded Polish.
Perhaps when it is translated into Cyrillic script it suffers slightly.

Rsesull

OCR. OBE. VC and bar

Post by **SarahND** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:55 pm

Note also that they did not say that the team of humans were the only means of transcription. It seems a carefully worded note intentionally left ambiguous. Or maybe this is just the cynical linguist talking

Regards,
Sarah

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:40 pm

Sarah

Linguist you may be but 'cynical' NEVER

Quizzical fits you better

Even Pinkshoes has gone all Czech or Slovak -

Pymgchowze

Rsesull

OIC. BO. VD and rab

Post by **SarahND** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:50 pm

Russell wrote:Even Pinkshoes has gone all Czech or Slovak -
Pymgchowze

With an Italian accent peeking through at the end. Two whole vowels in one word is simply wasteful

lldhbsctz, (beginning in Welsh before collapsing into Slavic)
Scrzh

TalkingScot.com

OCR madness .....

OCR MADNESS

Re: use of character-recognition software