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Proofread a Page

Are you good at reading? Can you spot spelling mistakes? If you can, then the following projects are crying out for people like you.

Bookshare - Proofread Digital Books

Time taken:
Upto 30 minutes per session to scan, proofread or write a review about a book
Impact:
Enables people with print reading disabilities to read books, which they may not otherwise be able to read
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, North America, Popular Causes, Proofread a Page, Quickies!, Sports & Education, The Written Word, Under 30 minutes, United States

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Hieronymus - Proofreading Slovakian Literary Works

Time taken:
Upto 30 minutes initially because of the steep learning curve. Therafter approximately 15 minutes-ish per page to be proofread
Impact:
Preserves Slovakian literary history for future generations to enjoy
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, Europe, Popular Causes, Proofread a Page, Quickies!, Slovakia, The Written Word, Under 20 minutes

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Project Madurai - Proofreading Tamil Literary Works

Time taken:
There's a steep learning curve initially, but thereafter approximately 15 minutes per page to be proofread
Impact:
Preserves Tamil literary works for others to enjoy in the future
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, Asia, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, India, Popular Causes, Proofread a Page, Quickies!, The Written Word, Under 20 minutes

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Distributed Proofreaders of Canada

Time taken:
There's a steep learning curve initially, but thereafter approximately 15 minutes per page to be proofread
Impact:
Preserves Canadian literary works so that people in the future can enjoy
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Canada, Country, Do Good, North America, Popular Causes, Proofread a Page, Quickies!, The Written Word, Under 20 minutes

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reCAPTCHA - Word Deciphering

Time taken:
30 seconds to type you're interpretation of a distorted word
Impact:
Helps to archive human knowledge and to make information more accessible to the world
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Time, Do Good, Proofread a Page, Quickies!, The Written Word, Under 1 minute

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Distributed Proofreaders of Europe

Time taken:
Although there is a steep learning curve initailly, you can proofread a page therafter in approximately 15 minutes
Impact:
Helps to digitize European literary works for future generations to read
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Do Good, Popular Causes, Proofread a Page, Quickies!, The Written Word, Under 20 minutes

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Distributed Proofreaders

Time taken:
3 – 10 minutes per page, althouth there is a bit of a steep learning curve initially
Impact:
Preserves old books for future generations to read
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone!

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Do Good, Popular Causes, Proofread a Page, Quickies!, The Written Word, Under 10 minutes

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