Comment by patrick451
Comment by patrick451 3 months ago
These kinds of ideas just sound to me like "Suppose you had to use broken technology X. How do you make work?"
Comment by patrick451 3 months ago
These kinds of ideas just sound to me like "Suppose you had to use broken technology X. How do you make work?"
> 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.
Volunteers transcribing leaves much more of the archive inaccessible for a much longer period.
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.