====== DjVu: Scanned Documents on the Web ======

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[[http://www.djvuzone.org|DjVu]] is a document compression system that allows the distribution of scanned documents on the web.  DjVu files are //very compact//. A typical 300dpi bitonal page takes 10-15KB. A typical 300dpi color page takes 40-60KB.  The presentation discusses the main technical innovations that made DjVu possible.

  * See [[http://leon.bottou.org/slides/djvu/bundled.djvu|the slides (djvu 417KB)]] [[http://leon.bottou.org/slides/djvu/djvuslides.pdf|(pdf 4.9MB low quality)]].
  * See the [[:research:djvu|DjVu research page]] and the [[:projects:djvulibre|DjVu software page]].