EH.R: Digital cameras for archival research (and software)

[M.Rubio]

We also made use of a non-expensive camera with excellent results, we use an
telescopic arm that can fix the camera to any flat surface (back of a chair,
a table, an open window, anything!).

For keeping order organising pictures in folders by book/volume helps a lot,
particularly if the index of the book/volume is the first picture shot for
each book.

For converting .pdf and pictures into word and excel files I have been using
'ABBY FineReader V.7 professional edition'. Sometimes I am faster typing but
when we talk of millions of entries it is worth expending sometime in making
use of optical recognition programs.

Warning: OCR software is expensive and it is worth trying the shareware (limited in time and features) versions first. Not all data is suited for
optical recognition. Always check usability and reliability before buying!

Mar Rubio