[Sigdl-l] Converting microfilm to digital text

[marshalljb at mindspring.com]

Dear Colleagues,
   I would like to know how to take microfilms of newspapers, 
scan them and then convert the scanned images to a digital text file. I 
know that there are microfilm scanners available, but I need more 
specific information about the process that would convert the image to a
machine-readable text format. For example, what software would be used, 
what steps need to be taken to create the digital text file, and how to 
deal with less-than-perfect images? Thanks in advance for your help. 

Regards,
Julia Marshall