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Distributed Proofreaders gains attention on Hacker News

Volunteer-run platform for converting public domain books to e-books resurfaces in tech community discussion.

newest coverage 12d agosummary written 12d ago4 pieces39 likes & upvotes3 comments MastodonHacker NewsNewswires

What to know

  • Distributed Proofreaders is a volunteer-powered platform that converts public domain books into free e-books through crowdsourced proofreading and formatting.
  • The platform uses a multi-stage workflow where volunteers compare scanned page images to OCR text, with work verified by subsequent volunteers and post-processors before archival to Project Gutenberg.
  • Currently active with 339 daily users, 712 weekly users, and 1,252 monthly users; requires no time commitment and accepts flexible volunteer participation.

Distributed Proofreaders Volunteer-run platform

Distributed Proofreaders gains attention on Hacker News
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    “Distributed Proofreaders provides a web-based method to ease the conversion of Public Domain books into e-books. By dividing the workload into individual pages, many volunteers can work on a book at the same time, which significantly speeds up the creation process.”
    — Distributed Proofreaders · source
    1. 1 outlet Distributed Proofreaders

      first by HN Frontpage, 12d ago

    • hkrn@mstdn.social

      Distributed Proofreaders L: https://www. pgdp.net/c/ C: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5 0320137 posted on 2026.10.31 at 16:56:12 (c=0, p=3)

      hkrn@mstdn.socialMastodon12d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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