This set of scripts was written for the Text Laundrette workshop. This workshop will happen in the Publication Station from the WDkA.<br>It is a workflow to turn the pictures from the DIY Book Scanner into a final OCRed PDF.<br>
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## About the Workshop
''<small>DESCRIPTION</small>''
:We will use a home-made, DIY book scanner, and open-source software to scan, process, and add digital features to printed texts brought by the participants to the workshop. Ultimately, we will include them in the “bootleg library”, a shadow library accessible over a local network.
<em>DESCRIPTION</em>
<p>We will use a home-made, DIY book scanner, and open-source software to scan, process, and add digital features to printed texts brought by the participants to the workshop. Ultimately, we will include them in the “bootleg library”, a shadow library accessible over a local network.</p>
:Shadow libraries operate outside of legal copyright frameworks, in response to decreased open access to knowledge. This workshop aims to extend our research on libraries, their sociability, and methods by which we can add provenance to texts included in public or private, legal or extra-legal collections.
<p>Shadow libraries operate outside of legal copyright frameworks, in response to decreased open access to knowledge. This workshop aims to extend our research on libraries, their sociability, and methods by which we can add provenance to texts included in public or private, legal or extra-legal collections.</p>
:Participants should bring: a printed text, which they’d like to digitize and share.
<p>Participants should bring: a printed text, which they’d like to digitize and share.</p>
Pedro Sá Couto
5 years ago