AI in FromThePage is always optional, transparent and tentative – we don’t run AI on your material without explicit permission, and we flag and log every use of AI in transcriptions. Our terms of use with our AI service provide explicitly state "Content not used to improve our products." In other words, your material is […]
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How to Edit an AI Draft of a Historic Account Book
Historic account books are hard. The handwriting is only the beginning. Entries may run across multiple lines. Dates and amounts occupy narrow columns. Dollars and cents—or pounds, shillings, and pence—may be separated in ways that aren’t immediately obvious. Text from the facing page can creep across the spine. AI can give you a useful first […]
From a Handwritten Tax List to Structured Data
Registers, tax lists, and other records arranged in columns can be valuable sources for research. They can also be painstaking to transcribe: each name and number needs to land in the right field. In this 15-minute demo, I use a 1769 North Carolina tax document to show how to set up AI Drafts for field-based transcription in […]
Introducing AI Drafts for Field Based Transcription
Let’s face it, some documents are pretty boring. Official forms like tax rolls, death certificates, and prison registers don’t tell the same kind of stories that letters or diaries do. But that doesn’t mean there are no stories behind the people and events represented in these government forms. In many cases these documents might be […]
Introducing Accessible PDF Exports in FromThePage
We’re pleased to introduce accessible PDF exports in FromThePage. For public libraries, public universities, and other state and local institutions, the Department of Justice has established WCAG 2.1 Level AA as the accessibility standard for web content—including documents such as PDFs. Compliance deadlines are now April 2027 or April 2028, depending on the size of […]
Botsitting and Moral Disengagement
AI is changing so fast, and so is FromThePage. Here’s a look at the AI features we currently offer. Early this month, my trusty development laptop broke. Thanks to shipping problems in Vietnam and severe weather in Kentucky, the replacement was delayed for ten days. I was stuck with the computer we use for videoconferences, […]