I now understand why there was a bit of confusion over my recent question on editing text from the newpaper archives . Thanks to Judy who has tried both versions . She tells me that the version on British Newspaper Archives has a built in simultaneous OCR function window that you can copy and paste text from . The version I use on Find My Past doesn't have this , (unless I have missed a tab somewhere) . So when my subscription runs out with FMP perhaps I will swop , as I use the old newspaper part much more than the family history . ------------------------------ On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 9:36 PM GMT J K gen wrote: >I still don't understand why you don't use the British Newspaper Archives >own website. Is it not compatible with your computer/software? >JK > > >On 31 October 2013 17:25, david wilson <djwilson22@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Well have been experimenting with online ocr sites and this site was one >> of the easiest to use and was perfect for converting a modern pdf invoice >> from my inbox to an editable.txt file , no trouble at all ......however it >> really struggled with old news- type from the news archives , kept getting >> a message saying image "image quality too poor ". >> >> http://free-online-ocr.com/ >> >> >> Eventually I managed to produce the following 16 lines of text after >> pasting part of a column into Paint . Then saving as a .jpg and then using >> Windows photo gallery to turn the contrast right up , so I ended up with >> with black type on a white background rather than the "muddy" background of >> old newspapers . It seems to struggle with longer columns of print though >> so is probably more trouble than its worth ! >> >> This is the unedited result from a piece about Narrow Marsh : >> >> Oonvicted on the pr~ ions evening of the manslauffhteJ >> of Annie Elizabeth Burton, in Narrow-marsh, on the >> l5th of September last, was brought up for sentence. >> ~ On being asked by the Clerk of Arraigns whether he >> had anything to say why jaugment should not be nassed >> upon him, be said, ~ 61 hope your lordship will be as >> lenient to me as you nD." >> The Judge said : James Temporif. you have been >> tried for the wilful murder of Annie Elizabeth Burton, >> who was jiving wftft you, and have been found guilty of >> ~ They have come to that conclusion. I >> :lo not know on what gnunds, but that is the view they >> nave taken, and you have the benefit of it. There was >> some evidence given to chow your kindness to the >> woman and the children. and that may have affected >> ,he view the jury took of your case ; but thfs is not a >> `^~ ~- ^ ~* r ^an tuba Ihtn rnna{darnhnn Ti T a..n),l >> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, October 31, 2013 4:09 PM, Balloon Expedition Co. < >> balexped@ihug.co.nz> wrote: >> >> What if you right click on the image and copy to folder ? >> Di >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "david wilson" <djwilson22@yahoo.com> >> To: <nottsgen-l@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 11:53 PM >> Subject: Re: [NTT] Find my Past >> >> >> > Thanks Roy , don't have MSWord , only have Wordpad and just tried it but >> > if you copy and paste from the downloaded pdf it just appears as an >> > un-editable image. >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thursday, October 31, 2013 10:45 AM, Mike Fry <fredbonzo@iafrica.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > On 2013/10/31 12:24, david wilson wrote: >> > >> > Does anyone know how to get the news articles from that site into an >> > editable >> > text ? There are some long articles that would take an age to re-type . >> > >> > You need MS Word or LibreOffice/OpenOffice Writer. >> > >> > The basic process is to copy the webpage in its entirety to a new >> > document. If >> > you're clever, you can select just the part of the webpage containing the >> > text >> > of the article, and copy that. >> > >> > Start a new, empty document and Paste what you've copied from the >> webpage. >> > With >> > LibreOffice and OpenOffice Writer, this can be pasted in several ways, >> but >> > the >> > best choice is probably as HTML. Then, what you get looks more or less >> > like what >> > appears on the web. >> > >> >From there, it all depends on what you want to do with the document. >> > >> > If you want more details, contact me off-list. >> > >> > -- >> > Regards, >> > Mike Fry >> > Johannesburg >> > >> > >> > >> > Notts Surname List >> > >> > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > Notts Surname List >> > >> > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> Notts Surname List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>