tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post7227518222076996521..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Google Books Open Up - A BitGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-3960114716664290822007-07-14T21:58:00.000+00:002007-07-14T21:58:00.000+00:00That looks very interesting - thanks for that. So...That looks very interesting - thanks for that. So how exactly have you "partnered" with Google?Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-25826170742392692152007-07-14T21:21:00.000+00:002007-07-14T21:21:00.000+00:00I read your post with interest and felt compelled ...I read your post with interest and felt compelled to post a response to tell you about www.ultrapedia.com - we publish the Recognized version of a scanned public domain book. <BR/><BR/>So how does the Recognized version of a book differ from the book formats already on Google Book Search? We preserve the original format of the book, including graphics and photos; so the book appears as though it was recently created on a computer, not printed centuries ago. Rather different from scanned images of a book or plain text!<BR/><BR/>We’ve been digitizing books for years as a hobby and when I first looked a GBS, I thought it was great but…. <BR/><BR/>www.ultrapedia.com – is a full text and full retrieval search engine focused on delivering the Recognized version of a scanned book that is out of copyright; that you can read online or download in PDF format. <BR/><BR/>The system is still being developed and we’re still ironing out the kinks for example the books aren’t spellchecked yet; the next phase is to publish several different versions of the books; these include<BR/><BR/>• Recognized version of the complete book - all pages – rather than single pages like those indexed at the moment.<BR/><BR/>• Recognized and layered version of the complete book. <BR/><BR/>• Recognized, layered, and spellchecked version of the complete book – the ones online at the moment aren’t spellchecked.<BR/><BR/>• Recognized version of the complete book with a copy of the original PDF embedded page-for-page in it's own independent layer.<BR/><BR/>• Collated version of the original PDF and the recognized version in a twin-view window for side-by-side correction.<BR/><BR/>• Integrating our own public domain library into the mix.Sylvia Thornleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060569239419769977noreply@blogger.com