Do you want to help us test our first publicly released connector script? This one adds a Scripto transcription interface to Omeka, a web publishing platform for digital collections. It exposes many of the features that are possible using the…
a community transcription tool
Yearly Archives: 2011
Transcribe Everything!
Hello everyone. You’ll be happy to know that I’m making great progress on the Scripto tool library. As you know, we’ve already integrated Scripto into the Papers of the War Department, and we’ll continue to upgrade that interface as we…
Scripto Alpha Launches with the Papers of the War Department
We are pleased to announce the alpha implementation of Scripto with CHNM’s Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800 project. Beginning today, interested volunteers can register to begin transcribing any of the materials in this groundbreaking digital archive. With major funding…
Posted in News
Why Crowdsourcing? Why Scripto?
As we approach the alpha launch of Scripto with the Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800 project, it seems appropriate to step back and consider why we at CHNM would be interested in building a tool to facilitate the crowdsourcing…
Posted in Implementation, News
Tool Interface Design
Obviously, the most prominent aspect of the interface for transcribing documents is the layout for the document and transcription windows themselves, yet it was one I initially didn’t give much thought too. Our first design incorporated the look some other…
Software Update
I’m happy to report that, after a few months hiatus, development on Scripto is progressing rapidly. Ken has been hard at work designing some impressive user interfaces, while I’ve been debugging the library, writing test cases, and preparing the application…
Scripto featured in New York Times article on crowdsourcing transcription
Scripto was featured in a recent article in the New York Times about efforts to crowdsource documentary transcription. At the end of January 2011, we will implement Scripto with the Papers of the War Department project, allowing users to contribution…
Posted in News
Scripto is a free, open source tool for enabling community transcriptions of document and multimedia files.
