Event Type:
Library of Congress Onljne Transcribing
Description
This is a great opportunity to help the hard-working historians of our country. You can transcribe old books and writings to plain text, contributing to the recovery and preservation of information that is crucial to many research projects around the country, and world. You basically read on one side and write what it is in plain text on the left, skipping any words you may be unsure about for a moderator to check at a later date.
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Info Here:
Read the instructions on transcribing and reviewing. Access instructions at any time by clicking the "How To" tab on the right or at the top of any page. Create an account -- if you want! Anyone can transcribe without an account. Registered volunteers can review, track their work via a profile page, use "Transcribe with OCR," and add tags. Choose what to transcribe. Explore our many campaigns featuring different Library of Congress collections. When you find a group of documents that looks interesting, click through to a page. Use filters to see just "Not Started" or "Needs review" pages. Transcribe what you can in the text box. Type what you see in order and preserve line breaks. Have questions about something tricky? Revisit "How to transcribe." Use image viewer filters to make text clearer. Activate them using the button between full screen and flip. Use filters individually or combine them to adjust brightness, contrast, and invert color. Click “Save” as you go to preserve work in progress. If you decide a page isn't for you, that's ok! Just click “Save” before moving on. Other volunteers can finish what you started. Click "Save" and “Submit for review” when you've transcribed a whole page and think it is ready for review. If you aren't logged in, you will need to verify you are not a bot. After you transcribed a few pages, try out review! Review is the crucial final step before transcriptions are complete and ready for publication. All registered volunteers can review. Learn how. Try out tagging. Read their tagging instructions then try it on any page!
When
Anytime
Where
At home/Virtual
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