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Timestamp
16:06, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Title of the submission

Digitizing a Book using DjVu

Type of submission (workshop, tutorial, or presentation)

Workshop/Tutorial

Author of the submission

Manoj.K (username:Manojk)

E-mail address or username (if username, please confirm email address in Special:Preferences)

manojkmohanme03107(at)gmail(dot)com

State of your origin (Country, if you are not based in India)

India, Kerala, Thrissur

Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.)

Swathanthra Malayalam Computing (http://www.smc.org.in)

Personal homepage or blog

http://blog.manojkmohan.com

Abstract (maximum 500 words)

DjVu is a open file format which used to easy digitizing in english wikisource. Unfortunately there is no good OCR support for Indian Languages. It's need to type the text manually. but we can use that djvu indexing method for effective collaborative digitizing task. In indian wikisources This technique is not effectively using. We started using that in Malayalam wikisource. I like to share the steps what we are doing.

Presentation Covers: Creating a DjVu file, Conversion (Windows, Linux),DjVu to text, Wikisource indexing, Page categorizing, Proofreading, Formatting, Displaying in wiki, status indicator, How to track a collaboration project.

Track (Community/Knowledge/Outreach/Technology)

Technology

Will you attend Wikiconference if your submission is not accepted?

Yes

Slides or further information (optional)