(Renaming the subject as we've changed topic) On 23 Jun 2010, at 21:31, Mariano Cecowski wrote:
> --- El mié 23-jun-10, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> escribió: > >> I always think than not using reCaptcha is a shame, as it's >> a nice way to get people to proofread text in a reasonably >> efficient way. It would be really nice if someone could >> create something similar that proofreads OCR'd text from >> Wikisource... <hint, hint>. > > And how do you decide that what was entered is wrong or right? > > Better take a look at Project Gutemberg's Distributed Proofreaders[1]. > > Cheers, > MarianoC.- > > [1] http://pgdp.net My understanding is that original text within the reCAPTCHA is shown to several different people; if they agree then the word is counted as correct. Looking at the Wikipedia article, it's a little more complex than that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReCAPTCHA There's a reason why there are two words to solve during a reCAPTCHA. What Distributed Proofreaders can do, Wikisource can do - but in a Wiki environment. If you haven't checked out the proofreading features that Wikisource now has, I would encourage you to give them a go, e.g. at: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Frederic_Shoberl_-_Persia.djvu/92 Mike _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l