<div dir="ltr">I was impressed by Pen2txt. It works surprisingly well but is rather expensive.<div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Todd Davidson</font><div>Operations Manager</div><div>Princeton and District Museum and Archives</div><div>167 Vermilion Ave., PO Box 281,</div><div>Princeton, BC, V0X 1W0</div><div>250-295-7588</div><div>Main website: <a href="http://www.princetonmuseum.org" target="_blank">www.princetonmuseum.org</a> </div><div>Collection website: <a href="http://www.princetonbcmuseum.com" target="_blank">www.princetonbcmuseum.com</a></div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:princetonmuseum@gmail.com" target="_blank">princetonmuseum@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">We acknowledge </span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">the Similkameen Valley </span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">on which we learn, work, and organize </span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">is the ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the <b>Similqmix People</b>, and is home to the </span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bcafn.ca%2Ffirst-nations-bc%2Fthompson-okanagan%2Fupper-similkameen&data=05%7C01%7Ceoc%40usib.ca%7Cfcadbb901c83497aa9c008da351b00f6%7C8d390933f6dc429e81abc3b43ace9e6c%7C0%7C0%7C637880687333887033%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7YtSzKZMBsucLLagYhuNeppz%2BpsX8NmsVFHtZ0lL6oM%3D&reserved=0" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b>Upper Similkameen Indian Band</b></span></a></span></i></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 1:11 PM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg6009038425274294759">



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<div><font style="font-size:14pt" face="Script MT Bold" size="4"><b>Hello museum friends!</b></font></div><div><br></div><div>Hope you are doing fantastic, and that you survived the summer busyness ☀️</div><div><br></div><div>We are working with the Tetrahedron Outdoor Club on the digitization of a large collection of mountain cabin guestbooks from Tetrahedron Park. These guest books contain handwritten messages from people who have stayed at each cabin, touching on weather conditions, funny anecdotes, and messages to future cabin guests.</div><div><br></div><div>Has anyone worked with handwritten text recognition (HTR) scanning software in the digitization of archival documents? In an ideal world, we would love to digitize these guestbooks and allow users to search for familiar names in the scanned documents, but HTR technology is new to us.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyone have any tips or recommendations on software/hardware to explore?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div id="m_6009038425274294759signature_old" style="clear:both"><div><font color="#86322e" face="Arial" size="2"><b><font style="font-size:10pt"><br></font></b></font></div><div><font color="#86322e" face="Arial" size="2"><font style="font-size:10pt"><b>Matthew Lovegrove </b>(he/him)<b> </b></font><b>| </b><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt">Curator/Manager </font></font></div><div><b><font style="font-size:10pt" face="Arial" size="2">Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives</font></b></div><div><font style="font-size:10pt" face="Arial" size="2"><b>716 Winn Road  PO Box 766, </b><b>Gibsons, BC V0N 1V0</b></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2" style="font-size:10pt">Tel: 604-886-8232 | Web: <a href="http://www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca" target="_blank">sunshinecoastmuseum.ca</a> </font></div><div> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sunshinecoastmuseum/" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt" target="_blank"><img src="cid:ii_1920743512f96be6d181" border="0" width="21" height="21" style="font-size: 12pt;"></a><span style="font-family:Arial">  </span><a href="https://twitter.com/SCM_A" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt" target="_blank"><img src="cid:ii_1920743512f1c28f6f82" border="0" style="font-size: 12pt;" width="18" height="19"></a>  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SunshineCoastMuseum" target="_blank"><img src="cid:ii_1920743512fb1623a813" border="0" style="font-size: 12pt;" width="20" height="20"></a></div><div><div id="m_6009038425274294759xecd269a602a84462b8ad95468f67572b"></div></div><div><font style="font-weight:700;font-size:13.3333px;margin:0px"><i><font color="#78c0d4">Support your local Museum, become a</font></i> </font><i><a href="https://www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-size:13.3333px;margin:0px" target="_blank"><font color="#ff00ff">Member!</font></a></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div></div><font style="font-style:italic;font-size:10pt" size="2">We are situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation)</font><div><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10pt">Much of our work takes place in the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the shíshálh (Sechelt Nation)</font></i></div></div><div><br></div>
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