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Conversations at the Washington Library Podcast: Transcribing From The Page with Sara and Ben Brumfield

February 2, 2022 by FromThePage

On April 29, 2021, Ben and Sara Brumfield sat down with Jim Ambuske, Ph.D., who leads the Center for Digital History at the Washington Library, to record an episode of Conversations at the Washington Library. In this podcast, Jim discusses how the Washington Library in Mount Vernon used FromThePage to create work-from-home transcription solutions for their team members. At the … [Read more...] about Conversations at the Washington Library Podcast: Transcribing From The Page with Sara and Ben Brumfield

Textual Corruption is How Our Brains Work

March 31, 2021 by Ben Brumfield

I had a long conversation with my neighbor about theory of mind yesterday, and it's got me thinking about present-day corruption in textual transmission. Cognitive science is not my thing, but he introduced me to Predictive Coding - the idea that our brains are constantly making predictions about the world based on insufficient data, then (sometimes) correcting course when … [Read more...] about Textual Corruption is How Our Brains Work

Classifying the Mistakes We Make When We Transcribe

March 2, 2021 by Ben Brumfield

When we transcribe handwritten text, we make mistakes. We misread words with difficult letters; we accidentally modernize a word with archaic spelling; we skip a line. Everyone does it, and even though we humans don’t make as many mistakes as computers do reading handwriting, that might be small comfort for people who are trying to do their best at a difficult task. Is it … [Read more...] about Classifying the Mistakes We Make When We Transcribe

The Possibilities of Time

February 3, 2021 by Ben Brumfield

With the introduction of the advanced editor in FromThePage, we’ve given project owners the option to add editorial tagging buttons to projects. One tag we’re particularly excited about is the DATE tag: the DATE button wraps a snippet of text like this: <date when=”YYYY-MM-DD”>Last Thursday</date> And the transcriber or editor enters the date as the tag suggests -- … [Read more...] about The Possibilities of Time

Year End Round Up: Product Update Summary for 2020

January 4, 2021 by Ben Brumfield

FromThePage's Year End Feature Round Up for 2020

With 2020 finally behind us, we reflect on all the changes and new features we've launched over the past year at FromThePage. We were always on the lookout for new ways to improve the platform and listened to the feedback you gave to help provide the best experience possible for our project owners and volunteers. As we thrust forward into 2021, we want to share with you some … [Read more...] about Year End Round Up: Product Update Summary for 2020

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