Advancing Access to Transcribed Text in Citizen Humanities

FAIN: HAA-263825-19

Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum (Chicago, IL 60605-2403)
Samantha Blickhan (Project Director: June 2018 to May 2022)
Laura Trouille (Co Project Director: November 2018 to May 2022)

Extending Zooniverse.org’s online platform to allow individual crowdsourcing project teams to review, compare, and edit transcriptions, and to work directly with raw text data generated from community transcription projects.

Advancing Access to Transcribed Text in Citizen Humanities will build off of existing methods used by Zooniverse.org for online crowdsourced transcription of handwritten documents. The Zooniverse team has noted that humanities researchers frequently require additional support when working with the results of text-transcription crowdsourcing projects, particularly for review and analysis of data. In this proposal, we request a Level III Digital Humanities Advancement Grant, which will facilitate the creation of an online viewer and editor which will allow researchers to work with the raw and aggregated text data from Zooniverse transcription projects (including the ability to review and edit transcriptions) before uploading them into their Content Management Systems to be presented to the public.

Associated Products

ALICE: The Aggregate Line Inspector and Collaborative Editor (Web Resource)
Title: ALICE: The Aggregate Line Inspector and Collaborative Editor
Author: Blickhan, Samantha
Author: Granger, Will
Author: Krawczyk, Coleman
Author: Rother, Becky
Author: Wolfenbarger, Zach
Abstract: The Zooniverse Aggregate Line Inspector and Collaborative Editor, or ALICE, is a web application for viewing and editing results from Zooniverse text transcription projects. It was built to give project teams the ability to work with complex data output from crowdsourcing projects, with a particular view to supporting teams from smaller or under-resourced institutions. It is free to use, and the code is open source.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: http://alice.zooniverse.org
Primary URL Description: A web application for viewing and editing results from Zooniverse text transcription projects.

Case Study: making Zooniverse Data more easily re-usable with ALICE (Book Section)
Title: Case Study: making Zooniverse Data more easily re-usable with ALICE
Author: Ridge, Mia
Author: Blickhan, Samantha
Author: Ferriter, Meghan
Abstract: A short case study describing the impact of ALICE on working with crowdsourced data.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://britishlibrary.pubpub.org/pub/working-with-crowdsourced-data/release/2#case-study-making-zooniverse-data-more-easily-re-usable-with-alice
Primary URL Description: Direct link to ALICE case study in The Collective Wisdom Handbook.
Access Model: Open access
Book Title: The Collective Wisdom Handbook: Perspectives on Crowdsourcing in Cultural Heritage

New Developments in Crowdsourced Text Transcription (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: New Developments in Crowdsourced Text Transcription
Author: Blickhan, Samantha
Abstract: A virtual poster presented at the 2021 Association for Computers and the Humanities conference, describing ALICE and related new tools on the Zooniverse platform.
Date: 7/21/21
Primary URL: https://sites.google.com/zooniverse.org/new-developments-in-ctt/home
Primary URL Description: Link to virtual poster.
Conference Name: Association for Computers and the Humanities

ALICE: Logging in & navigation (Web Resource)
Title: ALICE: Logging in & navigation
Author: Blickhan, Samantha
Abstract: A short video tutorial with detailed instructions on how to log into, and navigate, the ALICE app. Featuring audio narration and captions.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://vimeo.com/454881167
Primary URL Description: A Vimeo link to the tutorial.

ALICE: Sorting & searching (Web Resource)
Title: ALICE: Sorting & searching
Author: Blickhan, Samantha
Abstract: A short video tutorial with detailed instructions on how to sort and search within the ALICE app. Featuring audio narration and captions.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://vimeo.com/454881407
Primary URL Description: A Vimeo link to the tutorial.

ALICE: Projects, workflows, & groups (Web Resource)
Title: ALICE: Projects, workflows, & groups
Author: Blickhan, Samantha
Abstract: A short video tutorial with detailed instructions on how to navigate projects, workflows, and groups within the ALICE app. Featuring audio narration and captions.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://vimeo.com/454881239
Primary URL Description: A Vimeo link to the tutorial.

ALICE: Reordering transcription lines (Web Resource)
Title: ALICE: Reordering transcription lines
Author: Blickhan, Samantha
Abstract: A short video tutorial with detailed instructions on how to reorder lines of transcribed text within the ALICE app. Featuring audio narration and captions.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://vimeo.com/454881361
Primary URL Description: A Vimeo link to the tutorial.

ALICE: Editing & deleting transcriptions (Web Resource)
Title: ALICE: Editing & deleting transcriptions
Author: Blickhan, Samantha
Abstract: A short video tutorial with detailed instructions on how to edit and delete transcriptions within the ALICE app. Featuring audio narration and captions.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://vimeo.com/454881046
Primary URL Description: A Vimeo link to the tutorial.

ALICE: Viewing subjects (Web Resource)
Title: ALICE: Viewing subjects
Author: Blickhan, Samantha
Abstract: A short video tutorial with detailed instructions on how to view subjects within the ALICE app. Featuring audio narration and captions.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://vimeo.com/454861272
Primary URL Description: A Vimeo link to the tutorial.

ALICE: Approving subjects (Web Resource)
Title: ALICE: Approving subjects
Author: Blickhan, Samantha
Abstract: A short video tutorial with detailed instructions on how to mark subjects as 'Approved' within the ALICE app. Featuring audio narration and captions.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://vimeo.com/454880924
Primary URL Description: A Vimeo link to the tutorial.

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