Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 14:09:34 03/17/02
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Dr. Fowell, Thank you very much for a great response! I will look at ExaChess first and foremost thanks to your wonderful input. (BTW, the scores are indeed handwritten, not typed.) On March 17, 2002 at 16:56:32, Richard A. Fowell wrote: >If your scores were typed, then OCR software would be a possibility - >a loooong time ago I had an address for some Mac chess OCR software, >but it sounds like these are hand written. > >Here are my thoughts: > >1) On a regular desktop computer with screen entry, > this task is greatly aided by "smart move completion" software, > where you just point to the square to be moved to, and the > software highlights the piece it thinks you want. I think there > are a number of packages which do this - on the Mac I use ExaChess for this. > The problem with screen entry is the looking back and forth between > the screen and the board. The benefit is the instant feedback. > >2) A touch typist could easily be your best bet - no looking back and > forth involved. Hope you used short algebraic. It will definitely > need checking afterwards. Again, ExaChess is a good tool for that - > it was developed for processing hand typed moves, and is relatively > easy to correct mistakes - as I recall it plays up to the point where > the input is not legal, and highlights that point in the text for you > to fix. > >3) You've got more than enough product to determine your favorite > experimentally - try five games with each of your candidates, > and see how long each takes (including fixing the errors). > >4) Whoever does this - remember to use something ergonomic and to > take frequent rest breaks - no use burning out your wrists on this. > > >Keep us posted - I have yet to get around to entering my 1300 USCF >rated games from my handwritten scores. > >On March 17, 2002 at 16:15:40, Roy Eassa wrote: > >> >>What do you think is the quickest way to get the moves to hundreds (decades) of >>game scores (currently on paper) into PGN format? >> >>Does one particular program make it even a little easier than the others to >>enter and save large numbers of games by hand? (I am concerned about extreme >>boredom and/or aching hands.) >> >>I am fortunate (and confused) enough to have the choice between nearly every >>program for the PC, Macintosh, Palm, and Pocket PC. > >Wow! > >>Do you think stylus entry would be quicker or less tiring than mouse entry? Is >>keyboard entry worth considering? >> >>Once the games are in PGN on any platform, it's easy to copy/move them to all >>the other platforms, of course. >> >>Thanks for your opinion!
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