AI-Assist in FromThePage: Using HTR in People-Centered Transcription
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by Ana Bastida
1w ago
Last month, Ben and Sara Brumfield hosted a webinar to introduce the new AI-assist feature: Handwritten Text Recognition. The presentation, linked below in a video and embedded as slides, presents a walkthrough of the new HTR feature. This was one of FromThePage's most-attended webinars, and it was exciting to have so many people join. You […] The post AI-Assist in FromThePage: Using HTR in People-Centered Transcription appeared first on FromThePage Blog ..read more
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Guiding Transcribers: Addressing Racist Material in Crowdsourced Archival Projects
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by Sara Brumfield
1M ago
In honor of Black History Month, we asked some of the institutions who run projects uncovering the names and histories of African Americans on FromThePage the following question, "What do you tell volunteers who encounter offensive or racist material in your projects?" Sonya Coleman at Library of Virginia summed it up with a meme: From https://twitter.com/libshipwreck/status/1351308129062051845 […] The post Guiding Transcribers: Addressing Racist Material in Crowdsourced Archival Projects appeared first on FromThePage Blog ..read more
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An Interview with Dr. Aaron Taylor of Native Bound Unbound
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by Ana Bastida
2M ago
Dr. Aaron Taylor of Native Bound Unbound kindly took the time to answer questions and discuss their projects and experience using the platform with Sara Brumfield of FromThePage. Aaron Taylor is the deputy director of Native Bound Unbound. First, tell us about your documents. Native Bound Unbound is gathering a wide variety of documents, all […] The post An Interview with Dr. Aaron Taylor of Native Bound Unbound appeared first on FromThePage Blog ..read more
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10 Ways AI Will Change Archives
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by Sara Brumfield
2M ago
We recently hosted a webinar entitled "10 Ways AI Will Change Archives," and today, we're sharing the insights from that presentation with you. AI is a transformative force, and often scary. Today, though, we’re sharing specific examples of using AI for good – allowing more people to find and interact with archival resources.  1. Improving […] The post 10 Ways AI Will Change Archives appeared first on FromThePage Blog ..read more
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Make Review Easier Part 3: Exporting & Scanning Spreadsheets Of Data
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by Sara Brumfield
4M ago
We've been talking about review & quality control in the last couple of newsletters. Today, we're going to talk about one of the simplest ways to do a quick review for quality: scanning spreadsheets of transcribed data. Our very first field-based transcription project was the World War I Service Cards project at the Alabama Department […] The post Make Review Easier Part 3: Exporting & Scanning Spreadsheets Of Data appeared first on FromThePage Blog ..read more
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What is Responsible AI?
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by Sara Brumfield
4M ago
I recently returned from the AI4LAM/Fantastic Futures conference, where the goal of ethical or responsible AI was a theme in a number of the presentations. For an implementer like me, however, responsible AI can't be just a call for action. I need examples, criteria, how-tos on how to build ethical AI solutions. At this stage […] The post What is Responsible AI? appeared first on FromThePage Blog ..read more
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Make Reviewing Easier
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by Sara Brumfield
4M ago
People often worry about the quality of crowdsourced transcriptions – and we get it. Strangers, from the internet, working on your material? Yikes! But here’s the deal: many of them won’t be strangers long. The intrinsic motivation our volunteers have and their understanding of how important your material is to historians and genealogists, makes them […] The post Make Reviewing Easier appeared first on FromThePage Blog ..read more
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An Interview with Dr. Christina Lee of Princeton University
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by Ana Bastida
5M ago
Dr. Christina H. Lee of Princeton University kindly took the time to answer questions and discuss their projects and experience using the platform with Sara Brumfield of FromThePage. Dr. Christina H. Lee is the Professor and Acting Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University. First, tell us about your documents. These are […] The post An Interview with Dr. Christina Lee of Princeton University appeared first on FromThePage Blog ..read more
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Could Chain of Density Prompts be Used for Finding Aids?
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by Sara Brumfield
5M ago
I tend to call GPT-generated text “lardy” – too many words without a lot of meaning. GPT is in desperate need of a copy editor. For writing summarizations that might be used in a finding aid, this is NOT what you want. You want to capture the essence of a document or file in as […] The post Could Chain of Density Prompts be Used for Finding Aids? appeared first on FromThePage Blog ..read more
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How Good Is Good Enough? Reviewing Transcriptions.
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by Sara Brumfield
6M ago
How good is good enough for your transcription project? We all have a tendency to want things to be “perfect”. Some of us even have a legal obligation for things to be “good”. But humans aren’t perfect. We’ve talked about the errors medieval scribes made transcribing – and they were professionals! Humans today also make […] The post How Good Is Good Enough? Reviewing Transcriptions. appeared first on FromThePage Blog ..read more
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