Subj : Paper page to view file
To : Mike Luther
From : Bob Ackley
Date : Thu Jan 31 2008 07:24 am
Replying to a message of Mike Luther to All:
ML> Thoughts please?
<big snip>
ML> But what, on the average, might I be looking at for file storage of
ML> captured images of this, say 200,000 such pages? Unless my mental
ML> math is wrong at even 30,000K per page that is some 6 terrabytes of
ML> disk space.
A computer screen full of characters is 1,920 bytes; a page is about 2.5
computer
screens, or a bit over 5K bytes. However, the vast majority of text documents
are
not full pages of characters, there's a lot of whitespace (excluding spaces
between
words) that doesn't have to be stored. At very roughly 5KB/page, 200,000 pages
would be about a billion bytes, or about a gig - somewhat less than your
estimate. <g>
Note that when you're scanning in text documents you don't need to store them
as
24-bit color images, plain ol' black and white will do - and it requires about
1/24 the
space.
I have a W98 box I use for scanning documents (in b/w, altho' it's a color
scanner).
I scan in a BMP image and use Xerox's Textbridge to convert that to an ASCII
file.
When I get enough ASCII files I burn them onto a CD and transfer them to my
main
OS/2 box.
ML> Suggestions as to how one looks at this kind of thing in OS/2?
ML> Knowing what type of programs are already available as cited above.
ML> And so on?
ML> Thanks!
ML> --> Sleep well; OS/2's still awake! ;)
ML> Mike @ 1:117/3001
ML> -!- Maximus/2 3.01
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