We recently released our new spreadsheet transcription feature, and we're excited about how it can unlock structured data in your collections -- everything from scientific observations to census data. We're already seeing successful & diverse projects like Sewanee's Convict Leasing Transcription Project (part of their Roberson Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation) … [Read more...] about What We Learned Building Spreadsheet Transcription
On Competitive Transcription
I don’t think I have been on a team since high school. Who knew that competitive transcription would inspire a sense of exhilaration and shared purpose that I had not experienced in decades? I forgot to eat. I slept poorly. I neglected my job. I talked to old friends unexpectedly and made news ones. It was wonderful. What a rare thing to create such a welcoming space for … [Read more...] about On Competitive Transcription
Interview: Dr. Laura Morreale on Teaching and Collaborative Research in FromThePage
An interview with Laura Morreale, Independent Scholar of Medieval Francophonie and Italian Historiographies. Laura spearheaded support for translation in FromThePage, and we've big fans of her innovative work combining collaboration, transcription, digital humanities, and medieval manuscripts. Her thoughts on teaching using FromThePage are particularly timely. First, … [Read more...] about Interview: Dr. Laura Morreale on Teaching and Collaborative Research in FromThePage
Project Profile: Doten Diaries
An interview with Donnie Curtis, from University Nevada Reno, on her Doten Diaries project. Find the project on FromThePage. First, tell us about your documents.Diary entries were written by Alfred Doten every day of his life from the day he left home in Plymouth Massachusetts in 1849 at age 19 to seek gold in California until the day he died in 1903 in Carson … [Read more...] about Project Profile: Doten Diaries
Project Profile: Papers of Julian Bond & Bond Transcribathon
An interview with James Perla, the Managing Director of the Citizen Justice Initiative at the University of Virginia's Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies, about their ongoing Julian Bond Papers Project and their recent Bond Transcribathon. What are your goals for the project? The Julian Bond Papers project seeks to create a documentary … [Read more...] about Project Profile: Papers of Julian Bond & Bond Transcribathon