In a recent discussion on BlueSky, Ben and Scott Weingart (and others) had a conversation about the explosion of possibilities that might come from good, cheap, AI transcription. Scott asks “how the bias of the spotlight of what’s searchable will reshape how people will engage with the past. That is, how will history be remembered and written in new ways, and privileging what … [Read more...] about How Good HTR is Changing What & How We’re Transcribing
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Have you seen FromThePage's new Find A Project?
We've revamped this overall view of FromThePage to make it easier for you to find projects you're interested in: Find projects by category -- be it "vital records" "railroads" or "African American History" or many more! Find the organizations you love to contribute to in the alphabetical organizations list. Find new collections, just posted with fresh new material … [Read more...] about Have you seen FromThePage's new Find A Project?
Introducing Read-only Document Sets
Over the last several years, FromThePage has supported document sets to allow project owners to aggregate a sub-set of works in a collection. The feature has been used these ways: Mount Auburn uses document sets to make it easier to find particular types of documents The Frederick Douglass Papers has some documents in public sets and others in private … [Read more...] about Introducing Read-only Document Sets
Enhanced Search in FromThePage
When we met with some of you at our first FromThePage user group meeting at SAA in late July of 2023, we asked you to vote on features you'd like to see in FromThePage. The overwhelming winner was "Better Search", which astonished us. We had only added it the list day before, after a discussion with Heather Wolfe at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Heather had told us that … [Read more...] about Enhanced Search in FromThePage
Who Are the Best Prompt Writers? A Surprising Insight from the Humanities
In our conversations about AI's applications, we've unearthed a small but interesting trend: the most adept prompt writers often hold Ph.D.s in history. Why? Skilled historians are articulate and bring a depth of context that enhances LLM (Large Language Model) interactions significantly. Particularly those with a hacker's mindset – those ready to experiment and adapt – excel … [Read more...] about Who Are the Best Prompt Writers? A Surprising Insight from the Humanities