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title: Distributed proofreaders
date: "2002-11-12T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1055
description: Distributed Proofreaders uses a web-based crowdsourcing model to digitize books for Project Gutenberg. By leveraging volunteer labor, the project proofreads over 1,000 pages daily to preserve and distribute public domain texts more efficiently.
keywords: [distributed proofreaders, project gutenberg, crowdsourcing, digital preservation, public domain, e-books]
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[Distributed Proofreaders](http://texts01.archive.org/dp/). As the name suggests, it's a distributed web-based tool for proof-reading books for Project Gutenberg. References from Slashdot and kuro5hin have spiked the number of pages proofread. But even that apart, they're targetting over 1,000 pages a day. That's over a book a day! [via kuro5hin](http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/11/8/14629/1538)