Computer Users Are Digitizing Books Quickly And Accurately With New Method

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 23:21 in Mathematics & Economics

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 realize they are doing valuable work, Carnegie Mellon University researchers report.

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