Shakir Awan asks:
Actually we have many books available in pdf format. And we would like to convert them into unicode word format, which is not possible through OCR as our language (Urdu) can not be recognized through OCR. Anyway, me and my friends would like to jointly type one book at a time through some online system, as all of my friends are on different locations. How can we do that?
If this could be done through software we can buy it or if this could be done through some website, we can use it. We just need your guidance if this type of system is already available?
Browser: Chrome 21
System: Windows
Tagged: best service, best software, collaboration, document editing, free software
System: Windows
Tagged: best service, best software, collaboration, document editing, free software
18 Answers -
Henry Lahman
September 25, 2012I’d recommend something like google docs drive or dropbox
that way you can share the original pdfs and the resulting Unicode documents
Bruce Epper
September 26, 2012You can do this with Google Docs. You can even see the changes others are making as they type.
Rajaa Chowdhury
September 26, 2012The ideal solution for that is Google DOCs, in the broswer type in docs.google.com and loging with your Google/Gmail id. Create the document and share it with your friends by typing in their gmail email id separated by commas and in the share give fuul read / edit rights to them. Google Docs also automatically maintains a revsion history, so you can even see all the revision back in time also. If there is any conflict in any section, where both two authors have written, as the original owner of the document who created, he or she will have the rights to choose the one to keep. This is the link to Google DOCs : http://www.google.com/google-d-s/documents/index.html
Rajaa Chowdhury
September 26, 2012The ideal solution for that is Google DOCs, in the broswer type in docs.google.com and loging with your Google/Gmail id. Create the document and share it with your friends by typing in their gmail email id separated by commas and in the share give fuul read / edit rights to them. Google Docs also automatically maintains a revsion history, so you can even see all the revision back in time also. If there is any conflict in any section, where both two authors have written, as the original owner of the document who created, he or she will have the rights to choose the one to keep. This is the link to Google DOCs : http://www.google.com/google-d-s/documents/index.html
Shakir Awan
September 26, 2012Thanks for the answers. I already know google docs and dropbox services and constantly using them as well. However, what I want is some service (software or website) dedicated for team work on projects like typing. Because it is very difficult to know what pages are already typed and what needs to be typed yet.
Also, for example the system should automatically tell the team members what page you should start typing etc. And at the end we could get some statistics as how much contribution was there from every users.
have you tried Microsoft OneNote??
October 2, 2012Microsoft OneNote is for per person..he wants something which everyone can use from different parts in a single file
October 16, 2012I would say don’t complicate. Simply divide and assign the pages amongst our friends and yourself and merge later.
December 11, 2012susendeep dutta
September 26, 2012SkyDrive is also good cloud storage and allows editing of documents -
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps-help/edit-office-documents-in-skydrive-HA102530248.aspx
HLJonnalagadda
September 26, 2012Google docs is incredible. Easily the best solution for your needs.
Muhammad Ahmad
September 26, 2012Google docs is the best choice for collaborate work.
Nikhil Chandak
September 26, 2012hmmm….
u must ask this question on google or yahoo
& see the reviews to ur post
i hope this helps u
…!!
Shayne Selwonk
September 26, 2012Try Google DOCs or Skydive
Ahmed Khalil
September 26, 2012google Docs is what you need
macwitty
September 27, 2012As you didn’t want Google Docs maybe you can take a look at Volpen http://www.volpen.com/ and use private group
or maybe try
http://www.gathercontent.com
https://www.celtx.com/services
Actually volpen.com is for new books writing and not for the typing projects from scanned books , pdf. No clue who typed what page.
gathercontent is also for website contents.
celtx is for scripwriting projects.
There must be some services which could help typing pdf to unicode as a team. Please please help out.
September 28, 2012Nicki Vigil
September 29, 2012Google Docs works great for this!
Kernel Recovery Tools
October 3, 2012Google docs is the best option and solution for your problem. Even you can review what change made by your friend on which and what time. So it will be easy for you to manage.
Alex Perkins
October 3, 2012I would agree, Google Drive is the way to go, only 5GB of storage free though, but for text documents that should be plenty.
G. Calamita
October 12, 2012Hello, https://hackpad.com/ is really good. With it you always know who has written what and much more.
Thank you.
Pwince Khan
October 16, 2012Google DOCs ,Skydive or dropbox
Freud Iomc
October 19, 2012Google Docs
Sharepoint
Subversion