tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730930067468816440.post2368398586986076777..comments2024-03-20T16:54:00.918-05:00Comments on Collaborative Manuscript Transcription: Militieregisters.nl and Velehanden.nlBen W. Brumfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363399128262210534noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730930067468816440.post-58685514557016959782010-12-17T14:23:48.508-06:002010-12-17T14:23:48.508-06:00Thanks, Christian and Annemarie! While one might ...Thanks, Christian and Annemarie! While one might wish for a full transcription of all fields in the registers, one might also wish for infinite volunteer, so I think that the indexing approach is the most cost-effective way to go.<br /><br />I wish the project the best, and hope you continue to blog about it with the openness you've shown so far!Ben W. Brumfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363399128262210534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730930067468816440.post-39956953186857938492010-12-14T04:52:34.078-06:002010-12-14T04:52:34.078-06:00Hello Ben,
Wonderful to learn about our project e...Hello Ben,<br /><br />Wonderful to learn about our project even from Texas! Many thanks for your kind words. And, as Richard already said: you’re doing a great job translating our site. <br /><br />Indeed, we just contracted a partner for the scanning part of the project, and we are now in the middle of selecting a software developer for building the platform. We received as many as seven proposals in reaction of our RFP. We have no doubt this will result in a well-build service, including an indexing tool, a searchable database, a CMS, and all other facilities necessary for indexing, searching and buying. And perhaps the most important part: it must be fun! <br /><br />We keep you posted!<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Annemarie Lavèn<br />(project secretary)Annemariehttp://www.militieregisters.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730930067468816440.post-31149405074287060842010-12-10T14:19:03.186-06:002010-12-10T14:19:03.186-06:00Of course I already read through the draft of your...Of course I already read through the draft of your post, but I thought it would be nice to comment on the 'official' post as well -- it's a nice one! Nothing wrong with your skills for translating either, or for interpreting Google's version of it. ;-)<br /><br />In regard to the first bullet in the FAQ section of your post: later it was agreed on to allow for some archives to have scans participate in the project that they already have available, available for free even on their website. However, it's still not allowed to have those scans available for free in combination with the index. Yet this agreement makes it possible for the project to have even more scans available than would have been possible by scanning alone.<br /><br />The index will be quite a simple one though: just each person's name, date and place of birth (and hopefully also his or her residence -- I got that in as a suggestion), enough to identify a person, and to decide whether or not paying for the scan is a good idea.<br /><br />About the costs: A partner for the actual scanning has already been found, and there are serveral potential partners interested in building the platform/software.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15980927946578856612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730930067468816440.post-89716088384171973342010-12-10T12:14:11.220-06:002010-12-10T12:14:11.220-06:00Thanks, Richard. I know that Van Papier Naar Digi...Thanks, Richard. I know that Van Papier Naar Digital uses Transcript primarily for their clients, and hope to cover that project soon. <br /><br />You're correct of course about formats -- I'd like to put together a post on the taxonomy of manuscript formats and the challenges of determining the target data structure. Certainly a tool like Transcript (or my own FromThePage, or MediaWiki's ProofreadPage) is a poor choice for tabular data without significant customization to the software or rigorous adherence to conventions by the users. Unfortunately, so far as I'm aware the best tool for tabular data (FamilySearch Indexing) is not publicly availible.Ben W. Brumfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363399128262210534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730930067468816440.post-62955256111810765012010-12-10T11:58:03.842-06:002010-12-10T11:58:03.842-06:00Hi Ben,
Good initiative to translate this into En...Hi Ben,<br /><br />Good initiative to translate this into English. When transcribing you can get a multitude of different originals, like preprinted forms (even in the 17th century in Amsterdam), or large handwritten pages, or typewritten deeds from 19th century US. It's very difficult to get the appropriate tool for all of them. You might take a look at Transcript, a freeware program written by Jacob Boerema. It can be seen here:<br />http://www.jacobboerema.nl/en/Freeware.htm<br />I use it regularly and the only disadvantage is, that it is rather hard to create and maintaing columns in a transcription.<br /><br />Cheers<br />RichardRichard Keijzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14581468008749508146noreply@blogger.com