Use of the archive raider (http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/the-articulated-arm-of-an-archive-raider/29243) in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

1. Raiders of the Lost Archive
INF 385R: Survey of Digitization
May 3, 2012
Franny Gaede

2. The Warehouse

3. The Secret
Tapes
• Jun. 1967 - Dec. 1967
• 157 pp. of transcripts
• Service Set
•
•
•
Copies
Sometimes copies of copies
of copies
• Correlate to 15 audio
recordings

4. The ARchive
Raider
• Clamp
•
Model: Manfrotto 035RL Super
Clamp with 2908 Standard Stud
• Articulated Arm
•
Model: Manfrotto 196B-2 143BKT
2-Section Single Articulated Arm
with Camera Bracket
• Camera
•
Model: Canon PowerShot SX130IS

5. THe
Photographs
• Dimensions: 3k x 4k
• Camera Modes
•
•
•
•
•
•
Program (more options)
Automatic white balance ON
Macro
2 second self-timer
No flash
Left zoom alone*
•
~36 MB each
• Exported as TIFFs

6. The
Findings
• Set-up, image transfer
was time intensive
• Extremely quick image
capture
• A remote for the
camera would be ideal
•
Canon Hack Development Kit
•
Produced accurate OCR
• Excellent quality

7. The Test
vs,

8. The
Findings
• ABBYY
•
•
1 hour training custom user
pattern
~40 minutes to correct OCR in
ABBYY and corresponding text
file
• Dragon
•
•
About 5 minutes for initial
training, an additional 5 minutes
to teach it additional words
~7 minutes per page, formatting
is time intensive

9. The
Findings
• Conclusions
•
•
Dragon works best with minimal
formatting
• Re-speaking from audio was
unsuccessful; transcription is
to be preferred
• Re-speaking summaries was
very efficient
With some time spent on pattern
training, ABBYY was superior in
replicating more complicated
formatting
• Punctuation was a major
issue; esp. the full stop,
despite extensive training

10. image credits
• The Warehouse - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
File:LBJ_Library_and_Museum_interior.png
• Archive Raider, Secret Tapes - Personal photos
• The Findings, Part I - http://cartoonwallpapersdownload.blogspot.com/
2011/03/lego-indiana-jones-poster.html
• The Test - http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/resources/mediakit/
DNS10_MediaKit_Images.html, http://www.abbyy.co.il/?langId=2
http://bit.ly/JyRXAU