Maybe you’re running a crowdsourcing project because your boss thought it would be a good idea. Maybe your outreach person came to you with the idea. Maybe you heard about it at a conference and love the idea of engaging the public with your documents in the deep way transcription allows. I call these “push” transcription projects. Or… maybe you’re … [Read more...] about Push vs Pull Crowdsourcing
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FromThePage vs Zooniverse
In the post below, we assess the differences between our software, and our peer Zooniverse, another popular crowdsourcing transcription platform. Both platforms have supported text transcription for over a decade. FromThePage was designed specifically for text transcription, while Zooniverse has its origins in image sorting tasks and decision-tree tasks. The ways in which … [Read more...] about FromThePage vs Zooniverse
FromThePage vs Transkribus
At a Glance: The Differences Between FromThePage and Transkribus FromThePage software exists to facilitate the transcription of manuscripts and other materials via careful, human crowdsourcing. FromThePage started when co-founder Ben Brumfield received his great-great-great grandmother’s diaries and wanted to collaboratively transcribe them with family members. As a … [Read more...] about FromThePage vs Transkribus
An Interview with Corinne Midgett of High Point Museum
Corinne Midgett of High Point Museum kindly took the time to answer questions from Sara Brumfield of FromThePage, and discussed their project and experience using the platform. Corinne Midgett is the Registrar of High Point Museum. First, tell us about your documents. Our documents are all related to the people of High Point, NC, where our museum is … [Read more...] about An Interview with Corinne Midgett of High Point Museum
Can a Scholarly Edition be Produced without a Human?
Recently on Twitter, FromThePage’s Ben Brumfield discussed the potential connection between scholarly editions and artificial intelligence/machine learning. What would happen if scholarly editions, a type of text historically human-dependent with commentary and annotations, were produced without human intervention? Can this be a positive use of technology, or is something … [Read more...] about Can a Scholarly Edition be Produced without a Human?