This paper presents the first Optical Audio Reconstruction (OAR) approach for the long-term digital preservation of stereo phonograph records. OAR uses precision metrology and digital image processing to obtain and convert groove contour data into digital audio for access and preservation. This contactless and imaging-based approach has considerable advantages over the traditional mechanical me...

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