PC-Hypertext: Information Acquisition

Step 1.  The information was converted into digital format by
keyboard entry and scanning.  The scanner was an HS-3000 hand
scanner capable of 400 dot per inch resolution with 32 gray tones
(see Section 2.2.1.3 for a description of the HS-3000).  The use
of OCR (optical character recognition) software greatly
facilitated text conversion, eliminating much of the manual
transcription of source information.  Depending on the typestyle
and the clarity of the original text source, the OCR software
(CARETS/BY HAND DELUXE, Pattern Analytics, Inc., Raleigh, NC)
demonstrated exceptional accuracy in transcribing the ASCII files
from monospaced and typeset  (proportional) sources.  Graphic
information was scanned into a (.PCX) file format using the
HS-3000 for future integration into the information base. 

<dfile75>   PC-Hypertext: 5 Assembly Steps
<dfile77>   PC-Hypertext: Information Parsing