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New word and variant candidates are detected during transcription. The list of possible candidates are assessed by the OED team to update the dictionary. | New word and variant candidates are detected during transcription. The list of possible candidates are assessed by the OED team to update the dictionary. | ||
Once the manuscript images are fully transcribed and vetted, they will be entered into the Early Modern Manuscripts Online, or EMMO, database. | Once the manuscript images are fully transcribed and vetted, they will be entered into the [https://emmo.folger.edu/ Early Modern Manuscripts Online], or EMMO, database. | ||
The twitter account of Shakespeare's World is @ShaxWorld. | The twitter account of Shakespeare's World is @ShaxWorld. | ||
Revision as of 10:03, 21 May 2018
Shakespeare's World is a crowdsourced project for transcribing manuscripts from Shakespeare’s lifetime. It is a collaboration between the Folger Shakespeare Library, Zooniverse and the Oxford English Dictionary.
Transcribers from anywhere in the world can log on to the site, view a manuscript, and start transcribing. The site includes a tutorial, helpful tips and an english secretary hand alphabet.
New word and variant candidates are detected during transcription. The list of possible candidates are assessed by the OED team to update the dictionary.
Once the manuscript images are fully transcribed and vetted, they will be entered into the Early Modern Manuscripts Online, or EMMO, database.
The twitter account of Shakespeare's World is @ShaxWorld.
Heather Wolfe is Co- Principal Investigator for Shakespeare's World and Principal Investigator for Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO). She is Curator of Manuscripts at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Victoria Van-Hyning is the Co-Principal Investigator for Shakespeare's World.
Further Readings
- The Guardian: Where there's a quill
- The New Yorker: Crowdsourcing for Shakespeare
- Shakespeare’s World and updating the OED: a splendid antedating of “white lie”
- A huge find for the OED – a startling antedating for partner meaning ‘spouse’
- OED release notes White lie and introducing Shakespeare's World
- Welcome to Shakespeare's World