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Originally Posted by Stuart

One thing about scanning the documents is there are plenty of hand written (hand scribbled) notes and references to memos on them that most likely would still have to be entered by hand.

The thing I've always wondered is if any of those memos still exist. I know the PHS for my car has a couple hand written references along the line of "see memo xxxx." They would probably better explain how and why a particular car was built the way it was.

True enough. As Mike said, most of this work can be automated. some will require additional review/correction/input. Remember, this is a finite universe of information. Once complete, it's complete for ever.