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Post by shred on Apr 24, 2016 18:04:35 GMT
In an effort to getting the book "The Lancashire Fusiliers: The roll of honour of the Salford Brigade 15th, 16th, 19th, 20th and 21st Lancashire Fusiliers" by Montague Barlow digitized we are asking for volunteers to help with the project.
All volunteers will be given access to a hidden board where we can discuss best practices in creating the digitized copy.
We are in the process of photographing the book, which, due to access to the library, may take a couple of weeks. We, hopefully, will also have scanned images available, although I am told that whilst the scanned images have good copies of the text pages the images of photographs are not up to muster (hence the need for photographs).
If you interested in helping to get this book digitized please post in this thread or PM me and I will allow access to the new board.
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Post by shred on Apr 30, 2016 9:56:06 GMT
May I ask for some opinions on a few options? Which of the following do you prefer? Original format: Background colour removed:
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Post by shred on Apr 30, 2016 10:06:03 GMT
Does the image quality look OK, and can anyone see a major difference in quality in the different dpi images shown? Saved at 600dpi: Saved at 1200dpi: Saved at 2400dpi:
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Post by 8055bell on May 1, 2016 13:02:04 GMT
Hi Garry, This sounds a great project and I'll certainly have a dip in and out when you're done. The brown text is easier to read for me, but not very pretty. Are you doing the optical scanning that allows people to search a document? The higher Res on the lower image seems to make no difference, but I'm so familiar with a lap top screen with glare and grubby finger marks, I probably wouldn't notice. Cheers Tim
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Post by shred on May 1, 2016 13:20:30 GMT
Thanks, Tim.
Exactly the kind of feedback I need.
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Post by prospectroad on May 3, 2016 7:09:20 GMT
Garry, I agree with Tim, there's very little difference between the 600 and 2400dpi. Brown background is slightly easier to read but the white looks better.
I'll have a chat with you on Thursday about helping.
Cheers Pete
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Post by shred on May 3, 2016 20:06:18 GMT
Garry, I agree with Tim, there's very little difference between the 600 and 2400dpi. Brown background is slightly easier to read but the white looks better. I'll have a chat with you on Thursday about helping. Cheers Pete Thanks, Pete. See you Thursday.
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Post by shred on May 3, 2016 20:09:11 GMT
Hi Garry, This sounds a great project and I'll certainly have a dip in and out when you're done. The brown text is easier to read for me, but not very pretty. Are you doing the optical scanning that allows people to search a document? The higher Res on the lower image seems to make no difference, but I'm so familiar with a lap top screen with glare and grubby finger marks, I probably wouldn't notice. Cheers Tim Sorry, Tim. I didn't answer your question about OCR - yes I hope to OCR the document (not 100% reliable, but gives you a fighting chance of finding what your looking for).
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Post by shred on Jun 30, 2016 19:54:33 GMT
This book will be available for downloading after midnight tonght. We will provide a link in this thread.
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Post by shred on Jun 30, 2016 23:00:10 GMT
The Lancashire Fusiliers;: The roll of honour of the Salford Brigade (15th, 16th, 19th, 20th and 21st Lancashire ​Fusiliers) by Montague Barlow With grateful thanks to the Fusilier Museum, Bury, we are extremely pleased, and proud, to make this digital copy available for download 100 years to the day of the 1st July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, in which many of the men pictured in the publication fought. The publication tells the history of the Salford Pals Battalions and features images of nearly all the original pals. The images of the pages have been subjected to optical character recognition (OCR) to make them searchable. However, the imperfections of OCR mean that this process is not wholly reliable, and the failure of a search should not automatically be taken to mean that the search term is not present in the list. To somewhat help negate the imperfections of the OCR we have included an index to the names of the men who are pictured in the book. Please note that the download is approx. 300mb and you will receive a warning message that the file cannot be virus checked by Google Drive (file too large). The publication has been checked for viruses prior to upload. The Lancs Fusiliers Museum plays an essential role in preserving the history of this famous regiment. To learn more or to plan a visit, please go the museum's website www.fusiliermuseum.com/Click here to download
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Post by 8055bell on Jul 3, 2016 19:05:14 GMT
Thanks for your hard work on this project. You've created a fresh digital Salford War Memorial commemorating the Service Battalions of the Lancashire Fusiliers.
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Post by shred on Jul 3, 2016 19:42:22 GMT
Tim,
Thanks for the kind words. I doubt that I would have achieved getting it released on the 1/7/2016 without the Fusilier Museum's help.
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Post by Colin Fraser on Jul 5, 2016 3:07:24 GMT
Thanks for your and the Museum's efforts in bringing this to us. What a wonderful way to commemorate the Pals on July 1! And the timing is absolutely perfect. A special treat to those who, like me, live a long way from Salford and couldn't previously access a copy of this work.
Coin
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