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  1. 19-10-2009, 8:01 PM #1
    dietabix
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    Just had an emu from A*******Y.
    Asking me if I would like to transcribe for them.
    Anyone else had one.
    Your views please.
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  2. 19-10-2009, 8:05 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by dietabix View Post
    Just had an emu from A*******Y.
    Asking me if I would like to transcribe for them.
    Anyone else had one.
    Your views please.
    Sue
    Is that the World Archives Project?

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  3. 19-10-2009, 8:09 PM #3
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    Yes Adele, it is
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  4. 19-10-2009, 8:22 PM #4
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    My personal feeling is that I would rather transcribe for a non-profit organization i.e. a genealogy group. Even if you receive "credits" for your work on the WAP, I'm sure it would be slave wages.

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  5. 19-10-2009, 8:22 PM #5
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    Yes I got one too - to transcibe the Royal Mail records.
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  6. 19-10-2009, 8:28 PM #6
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    I agree with you Adele !
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  7. 19-10-2009, 8:47 PM #7
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    Yes I got one too. Waste of time asking me as though I should like to do it(for interest)I wouldn't have a clue what to do.
    Also I think I do enough for A....... correcting all the mistranscriptions I find ....and they didn't even give me a cheaper sub when I re-subscribed. Marie
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  8. 19-10-2009, 9:06 PM #8
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    Yes! I got one too!
    I don't think I'm interested.

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  9. 19-10-2009, 9:50 PM #9
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    May be we should all acccept and then we would have half a chance of finding entries on first go. No?
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  10. 20-10-2009, 2:38 AM #10
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    I've been doing this for a month or two now. It gives you a chance to get an early sight of some new data sources (if anyone comes across Percy Willson the postman, he's my gu), and also makes you a bit more appreciative of the problems of deciphering handwriting. They say the results will be on free access, so you're not contributing to their profits. There are 20-30 projects currently on the go, not all in English, and most of those that are are American.

    They provide a keying tool, which whilst it has some useful features, can be painfully slow to use, as it keeps dialling home. The rules for data entry aren't well documented and take a bit of getting used to. You gain/lose "points" if you get it right/wrong, but there's no direct feedback on what you're doing wrong. There are discussion boards on Rootsweb where you can ask for help, but you don't always get a reply.
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