Comment by patrick451
14 hours ago
These kinds of ideas just sound to me like "Suppose you had to use broken technology X. How do you make work?"
14 hours ago
These kinds of ideas just sound to me like "Suppose you had to use broken technology X. How do you make work?"
I don't think you're wrong, but that's because there are no alternative technologies. The only alternative is leaving much more of the archive inaccessible for a much longer period, possibly forever.
> The only alternative is leaving much more of the archive inaccessible for a much longer period, possibly forever.
No, the alternative is volunteers transcribing. Like this project.
Not every problem needs a computer.
In a world that keeps people working, entertained, or sleeping, the total number of volunteers out there is likely pretty small and easily burned out.
Volunteers transcribing leaves much more of the archive inaccessible for a much longer period.