ENTranscribing
Once you sign up for an account, a new Transcribe tab will appear above each page.
You can create or edit transcriptions by modifying the text entry field and saving. Each modification is stored as a separate version of the page, so that it should be easy to revert to older versions if necessary.
Registered users can also add notes to pages to comment on difficult words, suggest readings, or discuss the texts.
Pages marked "Needs Review" by be reviewed by anyone, updated as needed, and marked as completed.
Once transcription is complete, we encourage Subject Linking by using [[ and ]] around names. See the Help tab for full details. Do not, however try to manage duplicates or otherwise edit subjects.
Linking Subjects
To create a link within a transcription, surround the text with double square braces.
Example: Say that we want to create a subject link for “Dr. Owen” in the text:
Dr. Owen and his wife came by for fried chicken today.
Place [[ and ]] around Dr Owen like this:
[[Dr. Owen]] and his wife came by for fried chicken today.
When you save the page, a new subject will be created for “Dr. Owen”, and the page will be added to its index.
To create a subject link with a different name from that used within the text, use double braces with a pipe as follows: [[official name of subject|name used in the text]]. For example:
[[Dr. Owen]] and [[William Smith|Wm. Smith]] came by for fried chicken today.
This will create a subject for “Williams Smith” and link the text “Wm. Smith” to that subject.
Auto-linking Subjects
Whenever text is linked to a subject, that fact can be used by the system to suggest links in new pages. At the bottom of the transcription screen, there is an Autolink button. This will refresh the transcription text with suggested links, which should then be reviewed right away and then saved.
