Distributed Proofreaders

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Distributed Proofreaders (DP) is a web-based program that assists Project Gutenberg in its mission to digitize and distribute public domain e-books. Founded in 2000, DP enables volunteers to collaboratively proofread scanned texts, ensuring accuracy and quality before they are archived on Project Gutenberg's website. This process is crucial for making classic literature and other public domain works accessible to a global audience in various digital formats. DP became part of Project Gutenberg in 2002 and has since been instrumental in handling a significant portion of the project's book processing.12

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In 2000 Charles Franks founded Distributed Proofreaders, a Web-based program for parsing the difficult task of proofreading scanned texts for Project Gutenberg. In 2002 Distributed Proofreaders became part of Project Gutenberg. The ability to distribute the proofreading task among volunteer teams was reported in 2002 by Slashdot, a popular technology…
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In 2000 Charles Franks founded Distributed Proofreaders, a Web-based program for parsing the difficult task of proofreading scanned texts for Project Gutenberg. In 2002 Distributed Proofreaders became part of Project Gutenberg. The ability to distribute the proofreading task among volunteer teams was reported in 2002 by Slashdot, a popular technology…
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