tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post4840281666532658711..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Now Indexing — Or Perhaps NotJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-18776760830910528042021-01-09T22:48:13.007-08:002021-01-09T22:48:13.007-08:00From what it sounds like, Miss Merry, this may be ...From what it sounds like, Miss Merry, this may be a process of letting the "machines" have first dibs at tackling the information, then taking the resultant transcriptions and crowdsourcing the corrections. <br /><br />This is somewhat like what has already been done in the indexing process--two people indexing the same document, then an arbitrator evaluating any discrepancies to adjust to the correct version. Only now, the initial sweep may be done by a character-recognition program. At least, that's what it sounds like to me. We'll see how it goes. <br /><br />Personally, I think it is a lot easier to look at someone else's work and make the judgment call as to whether it was done correctly, rather than have to type in everything, myself, at the start. Hopefully, the system will be worked out soon, as it sounds like the production speed will be greatly improved! Not to mention, my eyes started tearing up, just thinking about how many pages of handwriting you end up reading through!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-52121404733524614412021-01-09T11:19:36.004-08:002021-01-09T11:19:36.004-08:00A little scary, but as a person who often reads th...A little scary, but as a person who often reads through hundreds of pages of handwriting search for a record, I will keep my fingers crossed. Miss Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691152819794851137noreply@blogger.com