Post by Admin on Oct 22, 2016 8:14:39 GMT
Firstly, thanks for stopping by 
What is this project all about
For those that have just come across this and are unaware, I am in the process of converting the entire run of Sabbath School lessons (initially from 1888 to current) from their original PDF format into both Word files & HTML for online access.
It's a project that has been given the approval by the General Conference & Office of Adult Bible Study Guide.
What has been completed?
So far I have run all the PDF files through OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software, created yearly Word files fully indexed & hyperlinked and copied all the raw OCR data to each file.
What are you doing & what needs to be done?
At the moment I am going through the lessons, formatting & correcting the obvious things that have not converted well.
What needs doing next is that the text needs checking with the original PDF files to ensure that content is identical.
How can you help?
To make checking easier, this area of the forum has been separated into 10 year boards and each weekly lesson will get it's own thread.
1. Register for the forum
2. Download the PDF lessons you will be checking for.
3. For the lesson you will be checking, post a note to say you are looking after it. Ideally each lesson will be checked by two different people. If two people have indicated they are checking, move on to the next lesson.
4. After you have finished checking, post a note to say that either the lesson is good to go or note any corrections that need making.
5. Once a lesson has been checked & cleared twice I'll mark it as complete in the post subject line.
This is a huge project and one which will made all the easier and completed sooner with assistance!
While technically I can do it and will eventually, I do work full time, have 3 children & have other church duties - anything I do here is very much a labour love & fights for my attention with the need for sleep.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
If you would like to assist with the initial prep work of formatting & cleaning please message me.
Thanks
Robbie (Admin)
What is this project all about
For those that have just come across this and are unaware, I am in the process of converting the entire run of Sabbath School lessons (initially from 1888 to current) from their original PDF format into both Word files & HTML for online access.
It's a project that has been given the approval by the General Conference & Office of Adult Bible Study Guide.
What has been completed?
So far I have run all the PDF files through OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software, created yearly Word files fully indexed & hyperlinked and copied all the raw OCR data to each file.
What are you doing & what needs to be done?
At the moment I am going through the lessons, formatting & correcting the obvious things that have not converted well.
What needs doing next is that the text needs checking with the original PDF files to ensure that content is identical.
How can you help?
To make checking easier, this area of the forum has been separated into 10 year boards and each weekly lesson will get it's own thread.
1. Register for the forum
2. Download the PDF lessons you will be checking for.
3. For the lesson you will be checking, post a note to say you are looking after it. Ideally each lesson will be checked by two different people. If two people have indicated they are checking, move on to the next lesson.
4. After you have finished checking, post a note to say that either the lesson is good to go or note any corrections that need making.
5. Once a lesson has been checked & cleared twice I'll mark it as complete in the post subject line.
This is a huge project and one which will made all the easier and completed sooner with assistance!
While technically I can do it and will eventually, I do work full time, have 3 children & have other church duties - anything I do here is very much a labour love & fights for my attention with the need for sleep.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
If you would like to assist with the initial prep work of formatting & cleaning please message me.
Thanks
Robbie (Admin)