Project: convert folders to digital format. searchable

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is it doable to convert our thousands of pieces of paper to digital/ searchable form. this topic explores that question.

this is a sample scan of the 2.1 folder for solomon brown.
jpg2pdf-2 (3).pdf

here is samples of what can be done with ocr on cursive. notice several things. first, the text is magically rather readable. second, text seacrhing would be amazing. if you looked for 'solomon brown', this document would be spotted!!!! and you could use volunteers to clean up this document even more.

another sample. its amazing.