The Asian Classics Input Project has entered into a big new project with TBRC - the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center - (www.tbrc.org) in which we're getting ready to create a new website which includes both TBRC scans and ACIP text for as much of the Tibetan Buddhist canon as possible.
The first step is to prepare the scans (cropping and straightening) so that they will work in the interface, called ACE (www.aciparchive.org/ace/), which our software programmer in chief, Aaron Cram created. It allows users to navigate the TBRC scans and search their content using ACIP's inputted transliterations.
This cropping and straightening is also the first step in ACIP's input process. Our input operators in southern India receive printouts of cropped and straightened scans, which they then input from.
So it is a simple, yet essential job to crop and straighten the scans. Many people have said they do it while watching a movie, or as they wind down and serve the Dharma at the end of the day.
If you think you might be interested in the near and/or distant future, please click here to fill out our volunteer application form.
If you have filled out the application form, and would like to download and/or learn the program, or else if you'd like to just see the program and how it works before filling out the application form, you can click here to visit our how to use Sharah page.
