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Class Transcription Projects: Resource Guide

A guide for classes transcribing historical documents

Transcribing Historical Documents

The Research Center for Special Collections & Archives (RC-SCA) has millions of hand-written documents, whose accessibility would be increased if they were transcribed. Transcription involves viewing a digital image of an original document and creating a typed version of all the text. Capture typos, misspelled words, and errors exactly as they appear in the original document.

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