

It’s hard to predict future use, so if you seek flexibility and the ability to re-purpose your content we offer a complete customised Extensible Markup Language ( XML) conversion service. NZMS offers content conversion services at various levels from the most basic Optical Character Recognition (OCR) – the creation of a simple PDF using software to recognise text in an image, and not correcting it in any way, through to the most complex: transcription and “marking up” – completely republished and repurposed documents using a combination of keyboarding, software, and marking up into a future-proofed eLanguage (such as the New Zealand Official Yearbooks).īooks or manuscripts (or any other objects with text content) are digitised (scanned) and from there we use software or keyboarding to produce output files in the formats you use – Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe PDF, Text or CSV or a variety of eBook formats. There are many ways to undertake content conversion. This creation of searchable or editable text increases the chances of discovery and assists with sharing information about your images and collections. Text can be produced from content in the images, by ascribing descriptive metadata or by linking images with your analogue or digital finding aids or other databased information. Your collection becomes richer and more discoverable when information is pulled from your image files.
