Video transcription project - Revision history

Tim Bird: /* Overview */

2012-10-04T18:23:14Z

‎Overview

Tim Bird: /* Verifying a transcription */

2012-10-04T18:21:48Z

‎Verifying a transcription

Tim Bird: /* Verifying a transcription */

2012-10-04T18:20:51Z

‎Verifying a transcription

Tim Bird: /* Instructions for Volunteers */

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‎Instructions for Volunteers

Tim Bird: /* Instructions for Volunteers */

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‎Instructions for Volunteers

Tim Bird: /* Adding to a transcription */

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‎Adding to a transcription

Tim Bird: /* Verifying a transcription */

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‎Verifying a transcription

Tim Bird: /* Process and methodology */

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‎Process and methodology

Tim Bird: /* Process per page */

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‎Process per page

Tim Bird: /* Creating a session page */

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‎Creating a session page

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 == Overview ==
 The purpopse of this project is to create transcripts of embedded Linux talks, as pages on the elinux wiki,
-via crowdsourcing.  The value of transcripts would be that the material in the talks would be much more
+via crowdsourcing.  The value of transcripts is that the material in the talks is much more
-accessible to people.  It would be searchable, and the talk could be read instead of watched (which is
+accessible to people.  The transcript is searchable, and the talk can be read much more quickly than it can
-time-consuming).  This essentially makes the talk accessible via random access instead of sequential access.
+be watched. This essentially makes the talk accessible via random access instead of sequential access.
 There is a lot of very good content that is preserved in the videos that have been made over the years, and
-the goal of this project is to make that content more accessible and usable.
+the goal of this project is to make that content more accessible and usable to embedded Linux developers.
 == Instructions for Volunteers ==

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 # Select a talk from the [[List of Embedded Linux Presentations]] - click on the link to get to the session page for that talk
 # Click on the video link for that talk
-# Fast-forward to an area of the talk that is not verified yet (e.g. minute 17)
+# Fast-forward to an area of the talk that is not verified yet (e.g. minute 25)
 # Edit the session page (specifically, the transcription area of the page)
 # Add yourself to the list of verifiers

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 # Add yourself to the list of verifiers
 #* Prefix your name with a number, indicating your verifier number (usually just '1')
 # Listen to the talk, and verify the words from the talk to the transcription, under the appropriate minute heading
 #* Please see the transcription formatting guidelines for help in formatting the wording on the page

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 To add to a transcript, please do the following:
-# Select a talk from the list - click on the link to get to the session page for that talk
+# Select a talk from the [[List of Embedded Linux Presentations]] - click on the link to get to the session page for that talk
 # Click on the video link for that talk
-# Scroll to an area of the talk that is not transcribed yet (e.g. minute 17)
+# Fast-forward to an area of the talk that is not transcribed yet (e.g. minute 17)
 # Edit the session page (specifically, the transcription area of the page)
 # Listen to the talk, and add the words from the talk to the transcription, under the appropriate minute heading
 # Click on "Save page" to save your changes.  You can also add yourself to the list of transcribers.
 It's that easy!  Thanks for your help.
 === Verifying a transcription ===
-To verify a transcript, roughly follow the instructions above, but instead of adding to the
+Verifying the transcription is a final process in ensuring the quality of the data.
-transcript, listen to a section which is not yet marked as verified.  When you have listened
+It's useful to have a second person review the material, to see if the original transcriber was accurate.
-and verified a particular minute of the talk, please mark the minute-heading for that minute
-with an 'vx' marker, replacing x with your verifier number.
 <div style="margin:0; margin-top:10px; margin-right:10px; border:1px solid #dfdfdf; padding:0 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#eecc88; align:right; ">
 '''Stuff below this box is related to the brainstorming and planning of this project.

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 == Instructions for Volunteers ==
-There are two main tasks involved in this project, and as a volunteer you can participate in either or both
+There are three main tasks involved in this project, and as a volunteer you can participate in any of these tasks:
-of these tasks:
+# Creating session pages for embedded Linux talks
-# creating session pages for embedded Linux talks
+# Creating transcriptions for the talks (on the session pages)
-# creating transcriptions for the talks (on the session pages).
+# Verifying the transcriptions for the talks
-There is a single master page holding all the talks we would like to transcribe,
+Please find instructions for each of these activities below...
 located at:

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 will list all embedded Linux talks for the last several years.  It in intended that
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+<div style="margin:0; margin-top:10px; margin-right:10px; border:1px solid #dfdfdf; padding:0 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#eecc88; align:right; ">
-Stuff below this line is related to the brainstorming and planning of this project.  If you volunteering for this
+'''Stuff below this box is related to the brainstorming and planning of this project.
 project, please follow the instructions above.  If you are developing or refining this project, please feel free
-to keep reading....
+If you volunteering for this project, please follow the instructions above.  If you are developing or refining this project, please feel free
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+to keep reading....'''
 == Process and methodology ==

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 === Process per page ===
-. check if page is listed in global presentation list
+# Check if page is listed in global presentation list
-. create a presentation page for the presentation (using a template?)
+# create a presentation page for the presentation (using a template?)
-. add a link to the talk in the global presentation list
+# add a link to the talk in the global presentation list
-. add a link to the talk in the global topic list
+# add a link to the talk in the global topic list
 Here's a link to the [[List of Embedded Linux Presentations]]

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 # Save the List page.
 # Click on the link, to create the session page for the talk
-# Fill in the information for the talk with as much information as you can
+# Create the base format for the page by copying and pasting from the [[Session:Template]]
 #* Make sure that you include a link to the slides (if available separately) and the video
 # Save the session page
-Thanks!
+That's it.  Thanks!
 === Adding to a transcription ===