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Turn scanned student essays into searchable text so I can quickly find examples of specific skills.
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Execute — do the immediate task
+Run OCR on the scanned student essays from [month=last month] so the text is searchable, export the…
Execute — do the immediate task
+Run OCR on the scanned student essays from [month=last month] so the text is searchable, export the corrected PDFs to a folder named [folder=Essay Samples], and confirm OCR accuracy for [N=5] random pages by [deadline=Friday].
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Improve — make it easier to accept
+Make the essay archive usable: run OCR on all scans, correct common recognition errors for names…
Improve — make it easier to accept
+Make the essay archive usable: run OCR on all scans, correct common recognition errors for names and rubric terms, tag each essay with student [name] and skill level in metadata, and export searchable PDFs to Essay Samples so I can quickly search for examples of specific skills at conference time.
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Who does this, and with what
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EducatorAdobe Acrobat ProABBYY FineReaderalso: Make Essays Searchablealso: Index For Quick Search
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