Computer users are digitising books quickly and accurately with a new method
Friday, August 15, 2008 - 11:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Millions of computer users collectively transcribe the equivalent of 160 books each day with better than 99 percent accuracy, despite the fact that few spend more than a few seconds on the task and that most do not realise they are doing valuable work, Carnegie Mellon University researchers reported today in Science Express...
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