A group for any and all who are interested in using online crowdsourcing for research, or researching the practice of crowdsourcing for research in the humanities. Practitioners, participants, enthusiasts and skeptics welcome. This is a group for information, discussion, and sharing resources (projects, toolkits, analysis methods, publications, etc.).
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Samantha Blickhan replied to the topic The Decade in Crowdsourcing (of Transcription and other tasks) in the discussion
Crowdsourcing on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months agoThanks, Ben! I’d certainly agree with your assessment above.
We’re easing into some audio transcription projects this year on Zooniverse (which is very exciting!), but there’s still a ton of work to be done. I know I’d love to hear more about other’s experiences (you all are starting some audio efforts on FtP, if you’ve not already done so, yes?)…[Read more]
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Sharon Leon started the topic Scripto for Omeka S in the discussion
Crowdsourcing on Humanities Commons 6 years agoCrowdsourcing Friends,
I’m happy to share the release of Scripto for Omeka S 1.0. Many of you will be familiar with Scripto for Omeka Classic, which launched in 2011 to bring transcription capabilities to those using Omeka Classic to host their collections materials.
Scripto for Omeka S offers the ability to host many transcription or…[Read more]
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Ben Brumfield started the topic The Decade in Crowdsourcing (of Transcription and other tasks) in the discussion
Crowdsourcing on Humanities Commons 6 years agoI recently posted a review of the major developments I saw in crowdsourced transcription during the 2020s, and was wondering what other practitioners’ opinions were about what the 2020s might bring both in transcription and other crowdsourcing tasks.
In particular, I’m curious what other people see as the big challenges to be addressed or the…[Read more]
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Samantha Blickhan created the group
Crowdsourcing on Humanities Commons 6 years ago
