Comments on: Synchronicity: Merging Text with Audio/Video Components of Oral History Online http://thatcampcolumbus.org/2010/01/01/synchronicity-merging-text-with-audiovideo-components-of-oral-history-online/ The Humanities and Technology Camp in Ohio Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:12:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Christel http://thatcampcolumbus.org/2010/01/01/synchronicity-merging-text-with-audiovideo-components-of-oral-history-online/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Mike Christel Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:23:50 +0000 http://thatcampcolumbus.org/?p=415#comment-236 I had the pleasure of hearing Doug Boyd speak at the Oral History Assoc. (OHA) meeting in 2010. I strongly believe that synchronized metadata helps promote access to oral history collections. At OHA 2008 and OHA 2010, automated speech alignment was demonstrated tying transcripts to spoken narrative, and showing where matches occur after text or map queries in the interviews. That work builds from Carnegie Mellon's NSF-funded Informedia digital video library work, and is itself funded by NSF. See http://www.idvl.org for more details and current instances using 2 oral history collections: The HistoryMakers African American oral history digital archive, and the Highmark Blue Shield Living Legacy Series celebrating the 150th birthday of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Enjoy the improving interfaces into oral history collections! I had the pleasure of hearing Doug Boyd speak at the Oral History Assoc. (OHA) meeting in 2010. I strongly believe that synchronized metadata helps promote access to oral history collections. At OHA 2008 and OHA 2010, automated speech alignment was demonstrated tying transcripts to spoken narrative, and showing where matches occur after text or map queries in the interviews. That work builds from Carnegie Mellon’s NSF-funded Informedia digital video library work, and is itself funded by NSF. See http://www.idvl.org for more details and current instances using 2 oral history collections: The HistoryMakers African American oral history digital archive, and the Highmark Blue Shield Living Legacy Series celebrating the 150th birthday of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Enjoy the improving interfaces into oral history collections!

]]> By: William G. Cowan http://thatcampcolumbus.org/2010/01/01/synchronicity-merging-text-with-audiovideo-components-of-oral-history-online/comment-page-1/#comment-145 William G. Cowan Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:26:03 +0000 http://thatcampcolumbus.org/?p=415#comment-145 The Ethnograhic Video for Instruction and Analysis project at Indiana University developed a set of tools to segment and annotate digital video from the field videos of ethnographers. One feature of this annotation tool (the Annotator's Workbench, AWB) is the ability to create a transcript of a song or spoken text. We do this in a most rudimentary way and have been searching for a better approach. This project seems to have come a lot further that we have and I am very interested in seeing your presentation. The Ethnograhic Video for Instruction and Analysis project at Indiana University developed a set of tools to segment and annotate digital video from the field videos of ethnographers. One feature of this annotation tool (the Annotator’s Workbench, AWB) is the ability to create a transcript of a song or spoken text. We do this in a most rudimentary way and have been searching for a better approach. This project seems to have come a lot further that we have and I am very interested in seeing your presentation.

]]> By: Doug Boyd http://thatcampcolumbus.org/2010/01/01/synchronicity-merging-text-with-audiovideo-components-of-oral-history-online/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Doug Boyd Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:17:23 +0000 http://thatcampcolumbus.org/?p=415#comment-128 sorry, no guest passes. I tried. I will demo it onsite however. sorry, no guest passes. I tried. I will demo it onsite however.

]]> By: Boone Gorges http://thatcampcolumbus.org/2010/01/01/synchronicity-merging-text-with-audiovideo-components-of-oral-history-online/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Boone Gorges Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:32:20 +0000 http://thatcampcolumbus.org/?p=415#comment-121 I recently stumbled on http://www.snapstream.com/, which is a commercial company trying to make TV broadcasts searchable in a similar way that you are: with time-stamped transcripts. I'm curious to learn whether you've explored some of the ways that your work might dovetail with or piggyback on efforts to commercialize the technology of speech-to-text, etc. I recently stumbled on http://www.snapstream.com/, which is a commercial company trying to make TV broadcasts searchable in a similar way that you are: with time-stamped transcripts. I’m curious to learn whether you’ve explored some of the ways that your work might dovetail with or piggyback on efforts to commercialize the technology of speech-to-text, etc.

]]> By: Erin Bell http://thatcampcolumbus.org/2010/01/01/synchronicity-merging-text-with-audiovideo-components-of-oral-history-online/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Erin Bell Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:06:27 +0000 http://thatcampcolumbus.org/?p=415#comment-96 I took a look at the time-synced oral histories and am very impressed! We are always looking for ways to increase the usability of long oral history sound files (we have a collection of about 500 oral histories at CSU) and have done some experimenting with different approaches but have never had the time or resources for the kind of development you have done here. I am really excited by the multiple access points, with researchers being able to read the transcript, search full text, and jump to specific points in the transcript and/or file based on search/browse results. I cannot think of anything missing from that equation. I'll be looking forward to hearing more about the technology, processing, formats, etc. Any chance you can hook us a up with a guest pass to experiment with/tour the OHMS web tool? I took a look at the time-synced oral histories and am very impressed! We are always looking for ways to increase the usability of long oral history sound files (we have a collection of about 500 oral histories at CSU) and have done some experimenting with different approaches but have never had the time or resources for the kind of development you have done here. I am really excited by the multiple access points, with researchers being able to read the transcript, search full text, and jump to specific points in the transcript and/or file based on search/browse results. I cannot think of anything missing from that equation.

I’ll be looking forward to hearing more about the technology, processing, formats, etc. Any chance you can hook us a up with a guest pass to experiment with/tour the OHMS web tool?

]]> By: Katie Holt http://thatcampcolumbus.org/2010/01/01/synchronicity-merging-text-with-audiovideo-components-of-oral-history-online/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Katie Holt Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:33:14 +0000 http://thatcampcolumbus.org/?p=415#comment-95 I'm very interested in hearing more about your project. At the College of Wooster, we're discussing a format where our students could construct public history websites to present their senior independent study research projects. Many of our students create oral histories as part of their research, so I'm eager to hear about your experiences. I have done some work with Omeka, so I was drawn to the websites that use this platform to share oral histories, including the Bracero History Archive (http://braceroarchive.org/). I’m very interested in hearing more about your project. At the College of Wooster, we’re discussing a format where our students could construct public history websites to present their senior independent study research projects. Many of our students create oral histories as part of their research, so I’m eager to hear about your experiences. I have done some work with Omeka, so I was drawn to the websites that use this platform to share oral histories, including the Bracero History Archive (http://braceroarchive.org/).

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