User talk:SWilson (WMF)

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-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 07:35, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Google OCR Tool

Hi SWilson, just saw your edit. Did you check how good this works for those images? --Arnd (talk) 07:27, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Yup, it seems to be pretty good for things like images of plaques and signs (e.g.). Do you mean that it's not very good for other less-legible text-images? Yeah, it's true. Hmm... do you think it's a bit too optimistic to have that note there? Perhaps so. I guess just a note on {{Transcribe here}} and {{Inscription}} could be better. I just wanted to draw attention to the fact that there's sometimes a quicker way to get the text! :-) Feel free to make whatever changes you see fit! :-) SWilson (WMF) (talk) 23:41, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi SWilson, i am grateful that you pointed at least me to this tool. I will think about if and what to change in the note. Best regards, --Arnd (talk) 05:49, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

The Technical Barnstar

		The Technical Barnstar
		For helping with the tricky banner

Copied from Wikipedia

Thank you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 04:01, 24 February 2023 (UTC)