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Thanks, Nick! These are some helpful tips for either situation.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 5, 2026 5:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Marsha A Miles <m.a.miles24@csuohio.edu>; ohiodig@lists. library. ohio. gov (ohiodig@lists.library.ohio.gov) <ohiodig@lists.library.ohio.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [EXTERNAL] [Ohiodig] microfilm question</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hi Marsha,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Is this is a digital microfilm reader that the patron could extract image captures from? If so I think they could try an AI transcription tool like
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Transkribus</a>?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If it’s a digital microfilm reader, they could also try adjusting some of the brightness/contrast settings directly in the software. I’ve found that useful on occasion when
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hope that’s (kind of) helpful…?<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Ohiodig <ohiodig-bounces@lists.library.ohio.gov>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Marsha A Miles via Ohiodig<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 5, 2026 4:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ohiodig@lists. library. ohio. gov (ohiodig@lists.library.ohio.gov) <ohiodig@lists.library.ohio.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [Ohiodig] microfilm question</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Looking at old papers from the 1840s on microfilm and some of the print is not legible — is there any kind of program that can view a document and kind of fill in the letters like what's most probable letter;
that could interpret what the print would actually say if I actually had the original print?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Any software that can fill in missing letters in microfilm?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks!</span></p>
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