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Classifying the Mistakes We Make When We Transcribe

March 2, 2021 By Ben Brumfield

When we transcribe handwritten text, we make mistakes. We misread words with difficult letters; we accidentally modernize a word with archaic spelling; we skip a line. Everyone does it, and even though we humans don’t make as many mistakes as computers do reading handwriting, that might be small comfort for people who are trying to do their best at a difficult task. Is it … [Read more...] about Classifying the Mistakes We Make When We Transcribe

The Possibilities of Time

February 3, 2021 By Ben Brumfield

With the introduction of the advanced editor in FromThePage, we’ve given project owners the option to add editorial tagging buttons to projects. One tag we’re particularly excited about is the DATE tag: the DATE button wraps a snippet of text like this: <date when=”YYYY-MM-DD”>Last Thursday</date> And the transcriber or editor enters the date as the tag suggests -- … [Read more...] about The Possibilities of Time

Year End Round Up: Product Update Summary for 2020

January 4, 2021 By Ben Brumfield

FromThePage's Year End Feature Round Up for 2020

With 2020 finally behind us, we reflect on all the changes and new features we've launched over the past year at FromThePage. We were always on the lookout for new ways to improve the platform and listened to the feedback you gave to help provide the best experience possible for our project owners and volunteers. As we thrust forward into 2021, we want to share with you some … [Read more...] about Year End Round Up: Product Update Summary for 2020

From the Founder: Thoughts on Ethnic Slurs & Offensive Language in the Sources We Transcribe

December 2, 2020 By Ben Brumfield

I was approached recently by colleagues who’d received a complaint about ethnic slurs in material they’d transcribed, asking for guidance on what to do. We don’t have a firm answer to this question, so I looked around at projects on FromThePage and among the documentary editing and archives communities to see what they’re doing. In traditional print publications, one must … [Read more...] about From the Founder: Thoughts on Ethnic Slurs & Offensive Language in the Sources We Transcribe

NEH to fund better internationalization and integration in FromThePage

February 6, 2020 By Ben Brumfield

We are thrilled to announce the award of a National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Advanced Grant to our collaborators at University of Texas Libraries and LLILAS Benson Center. This work will fund important enhancements to FromThePage. Multilingual Support While FromThePage supports transcribing text in any Unicode-supported script, the application interface … [Read more...] about NEH to fund better internationalization and integration in FromThePage

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