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By dividing the workload into individual pages, many volunteers can work on a book at the same time, which significantly speeds up the creation process.</p> <p>During proofreading, volunteers are presented with a scanned page image and the corresponding OCR text on a single web page. This allows the text to be easily compared to the image, proofread, and sent back to the site. A second volunteer is then presented with the first volunteer's work and the same page image, verifies and corrects the work as necessary, and submits it back to the site. The book then similarly progresses through a third proofreading round and two formatting rounds using the same web interface.</p> <p>Once all the pages have completed these steps, a post-processor carefully assembles them into an e-book, optionally makes it available to interested parties for 'smooth reading', and submits it to the <a href='https://www.gutenberg.org'>Project Gutenberg</a> archive.</p> <h2>How You Can Help</h2> <ul> <li> <a href='https://www.pgdp.net/c/accounts/addproofer.php'>Register</a> with the site as a volunteer<br>and/or</li> <li> <a href='http://www.pgdp.net/wiki/DPFoundation:Information_for_Donors'>Donate</a> to the Distributed Proofreaders Foundation.</li> </ul> <p>Registered volunteers may contribute to Distributed Proofreaders in several ways including proofreading, "smooth reading" pre-released e-books to check for errors, managing projects, providing content, or even helping develop improvements to the site. Volunteers may also join other members of our community in our forums to discuss these and many other topics.</p> <h2>Volunteering at Distributed Proofreaders</h2> <p>It's easy to volunteer at Distributed Proofreaders. Simply <a href='https://www.pgdp.net/c/accounts/addproofer.php'>register as a volunteer</a>. Once you've confirmed your registration by e-mail, you'll receive an introductory e-mail with basic instructions on how to log in and use the site. Then, you're ready to sign in and start learning to proofread or visit the smooth reading page to pick an e-book to read! Wherever you go, you'll find lots of information to help you get started. Please try our <a href='https://www.pgdp.net/d/walkthrough/en'>Walkthrough</a> for a preview of the steps involved when proofreading on this site.</p> <p>There is no commitment expected on this site beyond the understanding that you do your best. Spend as much or as little time as you like. We encourage you to proofread at least a page a day and/or smooth read a book as often as your time allows, but it's entirely up to you.</p> <p>We hope you will join us in our mission of "preserving the literary history of the world in a freely available form for everyone to use."</p> <p>We are unable to provide certification for any purpose that would require Distributed Proofreaders to track the number of hours spent volunteering, or to provide verification of a user's identity beyond that provided by their email address, or to certify that the volunteer personally performed the work. For these reasons, we cannot provide certification for court-ordered community service, programs operated by federal, state, or municipal governments, etc. For more information, please see <a href='https://www.pgdp.net/wiki/DP_Official_Documentation:General/Certification_of_Volunteer_Work'>this page</a>.</p> <h2>Current Progress</h2> <div class='star-text-summary'><div class='star-header'><div class='star-gold' aria-label='Gold Star'>★</div><span class='large'><a href='list_etexts.php?x=g&sort=5'>48,354 in Completed</a></span><br> <a href='https://www.pgdp.net/c/feeds/backend.php?content=posted'> <i class='fas fa-rss-square rss-icon'></i> </a> </div><div class='star-description'><p>These books have been processed through our site and posted to the Project Gutenberg archive.</p></div></div><div class='star-text-summary'><div class='star-header'><div class='star-silver' aria-label='Silver Star'>★</div><span class='large'><a href='list_etexts.php?x=s&sort=5'>2,043 In Progress</a></span><br> <a href='https://www.pgdp.net/c/feeds/backend.php?content=postprocessing'> <i class='fas fa-rss-square rss-icon'></i> </a> </div><div class='star-description'><p>These books are undergoing their final checks before being assembled into a completed e-book.</p></div></div><div class='star-text-summary'><div class='star-header'><div class='star-bronze' aria-label='Bronze Star'>★</div><span class='large'><a href='list_etexts.php?x=b&sort=5'>578 in Proofreading</a></span><br> <a href='https://www.pgdp.net/c/feeds/backend.php?content=proofing'> <i class='fas fa-rss-square rss-icon'></i> </a> </div><div class='star-description'><p>These books are currently being processed through our site; sign in and start helping!</p></div></div><hr style='clear: both'><p class='center-align'> Our community of proofreaders, project managers, developers, etc. is composed entirely of volunteers.<br> <span class='bold italic'>360 active users in the past twenty-four hours.</span><br> <span class='bold italic'>767 active users in the past 7 days.</span><br> <span class='bold italic'>1,339 active users in the past 30 days.</span><br> </p> <hr><p class='center-align'> Questions or comments? Please contact us at <a href="mailto:dphelp@pgdp.net">dphelp@pgdp.net</a>.</p> </div> <div id='rounded-corner' class='right-statsbar'></div> <div id='statsbar'> <form id='langform' action='https://www.pgdp.net/c/tools/setlangcookie.php' method='POST'><div> <label for='langform-lang'>Set language: </label><select id='langform-lang' name='lang'> <option value=''>Browser default</option><option value='de_DE'>Deutsch (German) - de_DE</option> <option value='en_US' selected>English - en_US</option> <option value='fr_FR'>français (French) - fr_FR</option> </select> <input type='hidden' name='returnto' value='/c/'> </div> </form> <hr> <div><p class='small sans-serif no-margin'>Thank you for supporting <b>DP</b>! 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II [1886]</span>, Greely, A. W. (English)</li> <li class='title-listing'><span class='book-title'>The best stories of Sarah Orne Jewett, vol. 2 of 2</span>, Jewett, Sarah Orne (English)</li> <li class='title-listing'><span class='book-title'>Mathias Sandorf: Een verijdelde samenzwering; Dokter Antekirrt</span>, Verne, Jules (Dutch)</li> </ul> <p class='more-link'><a href='list_etexts.php?x=b&sort=5'>More Recently Begun Titles...</a></p></div><p class='more-link'><a href='https://www.pgdp.net/c/stats/stats_central.php'>More Statistics...</a></p><hr><h2 id='about-dp'>About DP</h2><p class='center-align'><a href='https://www.pgdp.net/wiki/DP_Official_Documentation:General/Code_of_Conduct'>Code of Conduct</a> · <a href='https://www.pgdp.net/wiki/DP_Official_Documentation:General/Privacy_policy'>Privacy Policy</a></p><h3>Mission</h3><p>Distributed Proofreaders is dedicated to the preservation of written works that are in the Public Domain in the United States by converting them into high-quality, freely available digital transcriptions. This is accomplished through the efforts of a supportive community of volunteers. Distributed Proofreaders follows the principles of the <a href='http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/freedomreadstatement'>American Library Association Freedom to Read statement</a>.</p><h3>History</h3><p>Distributed Proofreaders was founded in 2000 by Charles Franks to support the digitization of Public Domain books. Originally conceived to assist <a href='https://www.gutenberg.org'>Project Gutenberg</a> (PG), Distributed Proofreaders (DP) is now the main source of PG e-books. In 2002, Distributed Proofreaders became an official PG site. 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