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Old typewritten or printed office papers typed into Word

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Old typewritten or printed office papers typed into Word

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Example for the Standard package

Typed text from photos: a beekeeper's handwritten logbook

Page 3

Inspection — 14 May 2024

Weather: sunny, 19 °C, light wind from the west.

Hive 1 (blue box)

  • Queen seen on frame 5. Eggs and young larvae on 4 frames.
  • Brood pattern solid, a few gaps on frame 7.
  • Added second super. Bees calm.

Hive 2 (white box)

  • No queen seen, but fresh eggs, so she is there.
  • 3 queen cups along the bottom of frame 6, empty.
  • Watch for swarming! Check again in 7 days.
  • Fed 1 litre of syrup 1:1.

Margin note (pencil): ask [unclear: Gerald? Gerard?] about the [unclear] split method.

Page 4

Honey harvest log

DateHiveFrames takenWeight, kgNotes
02.07.20241814.2Light, floral
02.07.2024269.8Darker, some crystals
18.08.20241712.[unclear: 5 or 6]Heather?
18.08.2024258.1—
Total2644.6your own total on the page

Varroa treatment started 20.08, strips in both hives, remove by [unclear: 1 Oct or 7 Oct].

Notes for you to check

PageWhatWhy
3Name in margin noteThe second letter is smudged
3Word before "split method"Crossed out and rewritten
4Weight 12.5 or 12.6 kgLast digit overwritten. The total 44.6 matches 12.5
4Varroa strip removal dateThe digit is cut off at the page edge

Page order follows your photo numbering. Units, dates and crossed-out words are kept as in the original; crossed-out text was left out unless it was replaced.

Client: Tom Avery, a hobby beekeeper digitising his 2024 apiary notebook. 10 phone photos of handwritten pages, blue and pencil ink. Below: typed result for pages 3 and 4.

Source: page 3, photo IMG_0412, handwriting in blue pen with a pencil note in the margin; page 4, photo IMG_0413, a hand-drawn table.

The client and all details are made up.

About this service

Office archives are full of papers that exist only on paper: typewritten memos, minutes, old contracts and reports with faded ribbon, struck-out letters, carbon-copy blur and stamps over the text. Send photos or scans of the pages, and we type them into an editable Word document word for word, keeping headings, numbered clauses and tables. Words we cannot read with confidence are marked [?], so you know exactly what to check against the original.

What is included

  • What you getAn editable Word document with the full text of your pages, headings, numbered clauses and tables kept, and unclear words marked [?]; in Premium tables also come as an Excel sheet. Delivered as a Word (.docx) file, plus an Excel (.xlsx) file in Premium.
  • Typewriter quirks handledStruck-out letters and retyped words cleaned up
  • Faded and carbon copiesRead as far as the text allows
  • Clauses and tables keptNumbering and columns rebuilt
  • Stamps and notesMargin notes typed in brackets
  • Unclear spots marked[?] where you should check

How it works

  1. 1
    PhotosYou photograph or scan the pages
  2. 2
    TypingWe type and structure the text
  3. 3
    CheckYou check the [?] marks

What we need from you

Clear photos or scans of the pages as JPG or PNG pictures (up to 5), the language, the page order, and whether to keep the old spelling and line breaks.

We will ask you:

  • What language are the pages in?
  • How many pages are there, and in what order?
  • Should we keep the original spelling and line breaks?
  • What should happen to handwritten notes and stamps?

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BasicUp to 3 pages$10StandardUp to 10 pages$25PremiumUp to 20 pages, tables kept$45
Deadline1 day2 days3 days
Revisions123
Pagesup to 3up to 10up to 20
Tablesin a Word filein a Word filein Word and Excel files
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Payment protection

You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.

  • Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
  • The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
  • Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
  • Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
  • Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
  • Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
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Questions and answers

How should I photograph typewritten pages?

Flat, in daylight, the whole page in the frame and the text sharp when you zoom in. Faded or carbon copies read better with good light and no shadow.

What happens to crossed-out typing?

Letters struck out with xxxx or overtyped are left out, and the final word is typed. If you want the struck-out text kept, say so in the brief.

I have more than 5 pages. What can I do?

The form takes up to 5 pictures. Photograph two pages at once like a book spread, keeping the text sharp, or place another order for the rest.

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