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 How to Handle Racial or Ethnic Slurs & Offensive Language in the Sources We Transcribe
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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 … [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
NEH to fund better internationalization and integration in FromThePage
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
The Decade in Crowdsourcing Transcription
Nine years ago, I summed up 2010 as "the year that crowdsourced transcription finally caught on." This seems like a good time to review the big developments in the field over the decade that 2010 launched. What the field looked like in 2010 It's interesting to look back at 2010 to see what's happened to the projects I thought were major developments: FamilySearch … [Read more...] about The Decade in Crowdsourcing Transcription