Are you running -- or do you want to run -- a crowdsourcing project or a crowdsourcing program? They are different! We’ve noticed over the years that folks have different attitudes and approaches to crowdsourcing projects. Some do a single project and are done – at least until the next research question or grant funding comes along. Others invest in a … [Read more...] about Crowdsourcing Project or Crowdsourcing Program?
Transcribing Archival Audio Using WhisperAI
Ben attended a recent presentation by Will Hicks from the University of North Texas Libraries/Portal to Texas History at the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. Will discussed the practical applications of AI in transcribing audio recordings, enabling improved accessibility and search capabilities for A/V materials. He demonstrated videos with the sound removed to emphasize … [Read more...] about Transcribing Archival Audio Using WhisperAI
Archives as an Antidote for ChatGPT
I wanted to write this month about ChatGPT, and how archives are about as anti-ChatGPT as you can get. Archives can provide learning experiences that ChatGPT can’t fake. First, a simplification that’s useful in thinking about what ChatGPT (and its ilk) can – and can’t – do. ChatGPT is, in technical terms, a “large language model”. That means that the creators fed it massive … [Read more...] about Archives as an Antidote for ChatGPT
Trust in the Truth
Happy February. I thought I’d write about how transcription in the classroom could counter the challenges ChapGPT introduces, but then I ran across this quote from James Baldwin and decided to ruminate on transcribing the difficult parts of history: People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them. Perhaps you're faced with the stark history of injustice -- … [Read more...] about Trust in the Truth
What is Meaningful Work?
As FromThePage matures, we’re getting a little more introspective. How do we keep the values we brought to this work as two scrappy software developers? If we add employees, how can we ensure they hold the same values we do? What are those values, anyway? (If you know – from observation – what we stand for, we’d love to hear it). We work on FromThePage, instead of our … [Read more...] about What is Meaningful Work?