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Subject: computing
Category: Computers
Asked by: skiswimmer-ga
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Posted: 23 Sep 2004 10:46 PDT
Expires: 23 Oct 2004 10:46 PDT
Question ID: 405328

How does a search engine transfer information which is in a hard
format such as a book into a digital format for use on the web?

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Subject: Re: computing
From: johnsan-ga on 23 Sep 2004 10:50 PDT

Hi skiswimmer,

Basicly it scans the book, then do an OCR (Optical Character
Recognition), correct any OCR error, and put it on digital format.

Regards,
Johnsan

Subject: Re: computing
From: aht-ga on 23 Sep 2004 11:32 PDT

skiswimmer-ga:

An excellent example of this is Google's Catalog Search beta, found at:

http://catalog.google.com

This beta search tool lets you search the actual pages of actual
mail-order catalogs. Give it a try, you'll find it intriguing.

Regards,

aht-ga
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