Crowdsourcing Documentary Transcription: an Open Source Tool
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Title
Crowdsourcing Documentary Transcription: an Open Source Tool
Project Item Type Metadata
Title
Crowdsourcing Documentary Transcription: an Open Source Tool
Description
Proposal to create an open source transcription tool to enable researchers to access handwritten historical documents. To be used with Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800 and a few other test sites.
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Start Date
07/01/2010
End Date
12/30/2011
Director(s)
Sharon Leon
Web Designer(s)
Chris Raymond
Programmers
Jim Safley
Affiliates
Minnesota Historical Society
Independence Seaport Museum
Deliverables
1. To build an open source transcription tool that will allow users to contribute work to digital documentary editions.
2. To build a CMS adapter interface that allows that tool to function with standards compliant system.
3. To implement the tool with the Papers of the War Department project.
4. To test the tool with three project partners.
5. To author a Guide on Crowdsourcing Documentary Transcription that will provide both technical and practical advise to editors.
6. To disseminate the open source tool widely to digital archivists.
Project URL
Funder
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Funding Amount
$69,145
Technology Used
JavaScript
PHP
Files
Collection
Citation
“Crowdsourcing Documentary Transcription: an Open Source Tool,” RRCHNM20, accessed December 26, 2024, https://20.rrchnm.org/items/show/196.
Item Relations
| This Item | foaf:fundedBy | Item: National Historical Publications and Records Commission |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Sharon Leon |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Jim Safley |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Chris Raymond |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Chris Hamner |