Remember: all of the pages are images. So, the text of the book is saved as images. OCR only the text pages (not the photographs -- their captions are already transcribed).
- Open the metadata file: I:\SpecColl\CDM_Metadata\Street Life\Street_Life_MD.xlsx
- Open the program ABBYY FineReader (Start Menu>All Programs>ABBYY FineReader 9.0>ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Professional Edition)
- In the ABBYY program, click on the Icon to "Convert Photo to Microsoft Word"
- Open the next image to convert. Get these images from the external hard drive: F:\Street_Life\JPEGs
- A Word document will open.
- Check to make sure that the OCR has captured the text correctly. Note: it will be hard for the program to pick up different fonts. Refer to the source image to ensure that the text is correct. Make any necessary corrections. Note: it is sometimes easier to make the corrections in the Exel file after pasting.
- Select all (Ctrl A)
- Copy all (Ctrl C)
- Go to the metadata Excel file
- Go to the "Transcript" field for the image you just OCR'd. Click on the top function bar, paste the text (Ctrl P).
- Save the metadata file.
- Close the Word file.
- Begin the process in ABBYY again with the next page.