Did you see this interesting thread? http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/46475

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-------- Messaggio Originale -------- Oggetto: [Foundation-l] Wikisource and reCAPTCHA Data: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:39:09 +0100 Da: Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net Rispondi-a: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org A: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Referenze: 815482.36310.qm@web45902.mail.sp1.yahoo.com

(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 email@mikepeel.net escribió:

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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

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