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
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Transcriptions, Screen Readers, and ChatGPT
Usually, when we transcribe documents, we type what we see, retaining irregular spelling and punctuation. But does this practice–a scholarly standard–serve everyone? I wondered how screen readers deal with verbatim transcriptions, so I ran an experiment. I used Microsoft Narrator, the screen reader built into Windows, to read passages aloud from a 19th-century … [Read more...] about Transcriptions, Screen Readers, and ChatGPT
What Machines Can’t Replace: Old Fashioned Human Efforts
Let’s talk about transcription in scholarly editions – those collections of “papers” by or about historical or literary figures, published for readers and researchers. There are basically three ways edition projects transcribe papers. The first is the old-school way with staff members doing it manually. The second is a group effort, which can be done through crowdsourcing … [Read more...] about What Machines Can’t Replace: Old Fashioned Human Efforts
An Interview with Jodi Hoover of Digital Maryland
Jodi Hoover of Digital Maryland kindly took the time to answer questions and discuss their projects and experience using the platform with Sara Brumfield of FromThePage. Jodi Hoover is the Librarian Supervisor II of Digital Resources at the Enoch Pratt Free Library and the supervisor of Digital Maryland. First, tell us about your documents. Our current projects involve … [Read more...] about An Interview with Jodi Hoover of Digital Maryland
An Interview with Michael Lapides of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
Michael Lapides of the New Bedford Whaling Museum kindly took the time to answer questions and discuss their project and experience using the platform with Sara Brumfield of FromThePage. Michael Lapides is the Director of Digital Engagement at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. First, tell us about your documents. The New Bedford Whaling Museum's archival collections … [Read more...] about An Interview with Michael Lapides of the New Bedford Whaling Museum