Just to follow up on what I said about Windows Mobile 8 (on phones). The OCR capability is built into the phone, and when the image arrives on live.com, the text is there (for a quick check, copy and paste). So the text of blue plaques, headstones, memorials, foundation stones, etc can be quickly added to such images.
Gordo (plenty of free time on my hands) On 31/10/14 17:10, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Like this: > > > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/help-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons-transcribe-text/ > > ? > > On Oct 31, 2014 4:51 PM, "Stevie Benton" <stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk > <mailto:stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk>> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Something that we've spoken about before is creating a list of > suggested jobs for people with varying amounts of time. It's about > offering ways for people to help our open knowledge mission in as > little as a couple of minutes, right the way through to having a > couple of hours or days to spare. With some help, I've added some > early suggestions to the volunteer jobs > <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_jobs> page, so you can see > what I mean. Any and all suggestions welcome please! > > Thanks and regards, > > Stevie > > PS have a good weekend :) > -- > > Stevie Benton > Head of External Relations > Wikimedia UK > +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 <tel:%2B44%20%280%29%2020%207065%200993> / +44 (0) > 7803 505 173 <tel:%2B44%20%280%29%207803%20505%20173> > @StevieBenton > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England > and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. > Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard > Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK > chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are > run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst > other projects). > > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal > control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimediau...@wikimedia.org> > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
