During the month of December I am participating in #reverb14 as a means of getting my writing habits back on track. I will be altering the prompts as needed to fit within the scope of this blog. Today's prompt: The Plank: It has been said that you must learn to take care of yourself before … Continue reading Volunteering and Service Projects
Digital Tools For Transcription
In the past when I have worked with audio recordings of oral history interviews I have worked with Audacity for the digitization and transcription of the recordings. Audacity is open source and does a great job in the digitization process and handles the manipulation (clean-up) of audio files well. Additionally, Audacity does allow users to … Continue reading Digital Tools For Transcription
Transcription and Oral History
A number of jobs and volunteer positions I've held have allowed me to work from home or off-site. For example: The History Group internship I completed in 2009 had me working on source identification projects from home and in 2010 I volunteered as a historical research associate with the Red Cross. In the same vein, I … Continue reading Transcription and Oral History