Digitalization
Physical media like photos, books, and newspapers degrade over time. Digitalization preserves these materials in high quality, protecting them from damage, loss, or deterioration. Digital copies can be easily accessed, shared, and stored without the risk of physical damage. Digital files can be stored in the cloud, accessed from anywhere, and backed up to ensure they are never lost.
Overview of the Digitalization Process
The first step is to assess the condition of the materials. For books and newspapers, this might involve carefully handling fragile pages, while photos may need cleaning or repairs before scanning.- For photos, the service includes color correction, contrast adjustment, and retouching to restore and enhance the images. For books and newspapers, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology used to convert scanned text into editable and searchable digital text.
- Digitalized materials are carefully organized into digital folders or collections. Books and newspapers are converted into searchable PDFs, while photos can be categorized by date, event, or other criteria.
- You can use cloud storage solutions or external drives for storing the digitalized materials. It’s very important of having backups to prevent data loss.
Benefits
- Digital files do not fade or deteriorate, ensuring that memories and valuable documents are preserved indefinitely.
- Digital formats can be easily shared with family, friends, or colleagues through email, social media, or cloud services.
- Digital files take up no physical space, freeing up room in your home or office.
- With OCR, books and newspapers become fully searchable, making it easy to find specific information or passages.
Who might need it?
- Individuals looking to preserve family memories, then you can personalize photo books, digital albums, or eBooks that can be created from the digitalized materials.
- Businesses needing to digitalize archives.
This is simple and easy for the customer: you simply need to send in your materials, and you handle the rest. Your materials are handled with the utmost care and your digital files are securely stored and backed up.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us for a free consultation or to get a quote.