digitizing the Libary of the Masjid AnNabawi

By Wali

Why?

• If a book presented in Library physically,

only people who come to Library can read

it.

• If a book presented on website, millions of people can read it without Time and Space

limit. (anywhere, anytime)

How?

3 steps

• Scan

• Edit

• Upload

Scan

• OCR SoftwareWith Arabic support

1. OmniPage

2. TopOCR

3. Free OCR

...

Edit

• With Open Office (or MS office)

1. Correct wrongly recognized words

2. Modify layout

3. Generate PDF document

Upload

• Buy website (if No Website yet)

From one of them:

• Use php to build website

• Upload

Money & Time1. 5 People

• 2 Scanner• 1 Editor• 2 Web developer

2. Instruments• 2 Scanners• 3 Computers (with internet)

3. Time (for 10,000 pages)• 5 working days

4. Money total for 1 million pages:• Instrument cost + (Labor cost * 18 )

Preperations

• First 10 working days should be given for preparations. After that, authority can

expect to see minimum 1000 pages digitalized book / per day on the website

Scanner types

Example

• Digitalize a Tajwid book by mannually:

Come soon …

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