Tuesday was a day of catchup. There was an enquiry about a possible translation to be done, based on a PDF containing a news item about Green Ventures in Potsdam. It provided an opportunity to test out the new Omnipage 18 OCR software to convert the article into text.
The complexities included the need to OCR and recognise German text, The fact that the layout of the article included images and text in both fields and columns, plus the start of the article itself began in a column half way down the page and ended with a column at the top, plus additional separate text fields set within the columns; all this made it a challenging opportunity to learn very rapidly how to use the software to positive effect. In the end, the translation was not actually commissioned but I am now much better prepared for similar future challenges.
Yet another interpersonal conflict has arisen, in which I have been involved as an intermediary. Fortunately, fast action and bringing different parties to talk to each other appears to have actually ameliorated a potentially venomous situation.
Today’s news was still full of the impending humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, where 10 million people are being displaced by drought. Save the Children has initiated a campaign which I condone and support.
Dr Maunders dropped by early evening with the prints prepared of my photographs by Mrs Maunders And Miss T assisted in getting these framed and added to the stock of pictures to be displayed at my Cambridge Open Studio this weekend.
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