Scanning and Russian OCR
Lisa Little
lclittle at socrates.berkeley.edu
Sun Nov 14 20:43:45 UTC 1999
The funniest word that I have heard for a sweatshirt was by a 14-year-old
girl from Moscow. She and her friends were using the word "tolstovka"
without being aware of its original meaning. Her mother wasn't sure how
widespread this usage was, though.
> I'm using a Macintosh-has anyone had good fortune with a scanner
>and Russian Optical Character recognition software?? Are there any programs
>that scan into a web readable font?
>
> And just a language question-what are the current Russian words for
>"sweatshirt" and "permanent press"?
>
> Thanks
>
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