I wish I could say that the OCR program always substitutes one phrase for a measurement (sometimes it does, "Vz" is always 1/2) but I've noticed that "Va" is either 1/3 or 1/8, "%" is sometimes 1/3 or 1/4, and 2/3 is a variety of symbols as is 3/4. I do a few global replacements, but I still have to go thru each recipe to make sure the replacements are correct. The only downside is that I get hungry from reading all the recipes! Carrie --- "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am not scanning cookbooks but have come up with the following list of > common letter number misstakes. > > These need to be checked carefully in case context contradicts the list > below. So z usually means 2 but may not in some cases. > > i = 1 > z = 2 > s = 5 > ? = 7 > y = 9 > o = 0 > n = 11 > ii = 11 > > As you can see sometimes 11 is ii and sometimes n. You have to check > context. > > This list is possibly incomplete. It is sometimes possible to search > for > things which tend not to occur in prose but may represent numbers. A > global search and replace is a terrible idea. But you can perhaps > search > for and correct things like > ioo which should be 100 > ioi 101 > iio 110 > and so on. I just use the list above and put together combinations > which > might work. > > Another good thing to do is run rank spelling on k1000 and look at the > results combined with the info above and figure out patterns. > > Hope this helps. > > E. > > > > At 09:04 AM 9/6/2004, you wrote: > > >While you are doing so, could you give us a list of some of the common > >mistakes you are finding so that as we scan more cookbooks we might > know > >what those mistakes might mean? Sharon > > > > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush