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...
View ArticleTool 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleScripto 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...
View ArticleTranscribe 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...
View ArticleHelp Us Test the New Connector Script for Omeka
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...
View ArticleScripto Plugin for Omeka Sandbox
We’re happy to announce our first publicly released connector script, the Scripto plugin for Omeka. Omeka is a free, open source web publishing platform for online digital archives. The plugin enables...
View ArticleBeta Release of the WordPress + Scripto Plugin and Drupal + Scripto Module
We are pleased to announce the beta release of both the WordPress + Scripto plugin (1.0beta) and the Drupal + Scripto module (1.0beta). Both are available as zip files from our Download page. WordPress...
View ArticleChronicle of Higher Education article focuses on Papers of the War Dept.
This week the hard work of the Papers of the War Department’s editors and volunteer transcribers was featured in an article entitled “Historians Ask the Public to Help Organize the Past,” in the...
View ArticleScripto User Spotlight-DIY History
Today we bring you the first of several spotlights on a different sort of Scripto user. Before, we have featured individual transcribers who have devoted time to transcribing War Department documents....
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