It's a pretty much simple "copy and paste" task.
I'll ask you to copy specific parts of text from a scanned book (delivered to you in PDF OCR file) and paste it into a Word file.
Here's what needs to be done:
I will send you a scanned and OCR'ed book with a highlighted text in it. Your task would be to find the highlighted passages in the book, select them, copy and then paste them into a Word file. You'll have you to style the pasted text in a simple yet specific way for a better readability.
Since optical character recognition is not the most reliable technology, you'll have to fix some minor spelling mistakes here and there. Nothing major, since the scan quality is really good and OCR should work flawlessly most of the time.
On average a 100 page book will have around 4000 highlighted words. More or less depending on a book at hand. The average book length will be around 200 pages. And you should expect from 4 to 15 books a month, depending on how much time I have to read.
On average, it will take you around 30 or so minutes to extract all the highlighted text from one book (based on my experience).
IMPORTANT: I want you to name your price for 5000 words extracted. This way we'll streamline the process and cut out the time for negotiating price for each and every book separately.
PS. Here's one of the books with highlighted text in it to serve as an example of what you'll be working with:
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Hello sir. I 've read your post and so very interested in your job.
I 'm sure I can satisfy you with my ability.
I 'm working in part of coding and software developing for over 6 years.
Relevant Skills and Experience
I have already the project that convert from pdf to excel or txt file .
Proposed Milestones
$499.5 USD - final milestone
Please let us contact and make a good friendship.
Thanks.
I have seen the dropbox below (One minute manager) and I can do the job for you. I can copy read and make sure that there are no misspelled words as well. Please message me.
Relevant Skills and Experience
I can copy and paste definitely. I work in a timely basis and I can give you fast turn around once I started working. Please give me the change to work for your company.
Proposed Milestones
$250 USD - Deliver to you the best service.
My rate is quite flexible and we can negotiate on how much 5000 words can worth. Thank you.
Greetings,
I have read and understood what needs to be done. I have been an old user on Freelancer but this would be my first time working under the Data Entry category as I am now wanting to gain new and improve skill on Data Entry. Even so, I assure you that I am a fast learner and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
I am a very diligent and hardworking worker, and I am looking forward to gain new experience in Data Entry and I would really like if the experience is gained by working on your project.
Please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss further about the project. Thank you.
I will adhere to your instructions in getting the data entry done
Relevant Skills and Experience
Professional with good knowledge of English language, I should be able to carry out your project satisfactorily.
Proposed Milestones
$250 USD - Data entry
Hello, i'm a new freelancer, i can do 5000 words for 3 dollars.
Relevant Skills and Experience
Computer skills
English
Proposed Milestones
$250 USD - 5000 words for 3 dollars
i will do the job in proficient way
Relevant Skills and Experience
I have long experience in writing articles.
I'm a very hard working person who appreciates the value of time
delivers the work on time. My goal is to make my employer satisfied
Stay tuned, I'm still working on this proposal.