I have used Collective Copies for OCR in the past and had good results. If you do not have the software or a scanner, that is an easy and local way to go. - Jeff On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:00 PM, Claudia Gere wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Fred, > > Have you tried scanning the document and using an OCR program? I had > good luck in a similar situation using an HP all-in-one with their > built in OCR program. Much faster than having to retype the original. > > Good luck. Claudia > > Claudia Gere & Co. LLC > Helping smart people become outstanding authors™ > Produce, Publish, Promote > Follow me on Twitter: @claudiagere > Aspiring Author Workshops > www.claudiagereco.com/Workshop.html > Claudia at ClaudiaGereCo.com > www.ClaudiaGereCo.com > +1 413 259 1741 > > From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net > ] On Behalf Of Fred Levine > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 1:41 PM > To: hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > Subject: [Hidden-tech] Need Typist > > I’m looking for someone who can take a type-written manuscript of > about 50 single-spaced pages and re-type it into a Word document. > The project is still in it’s planning stages, but I need to know > rough costs upfront. Any referrals, suggestions, names, would be > appreciated. > > TIA, > Fred > -- > > <image001.png> > Private Publishing of Personal Histories > > Fred Levine > Trisha Thompson > 493 S. Pleasant St. > Amherst MA 01002 > 413.230.3943 > smallbatchbooks.com > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20100323/122fb465/attachment.html