I am reaping - or suffering depending on my point of view at the time - the rewards of all my hard work a couple weeks ago. Yes, I am still working on those piles. But as I mentioned to Michelle Goodrum of Turning of Generations, for every piece of paper I enter and discard, I seem to find three more! I don't think I am exaggerating either.
I have several things I want to work on at the moment while some projects really need me to get a shove in my posterior to get working on them again. Why is that? I will admit I love the hunt, and even enjoy entering the information into my genealogy program, sourcing the information and linking images. But sometimes I just hate the transcription. I have several ways to deal with that. One is to use Transcript which is so easy to use, and makes transcription so easy. I never thought of it before, but it reminds me of the program the city of Livonia used to test for Clerk-Typist positions. Another is use to the Windows Speech Recognition program that came pre-installed on my laptop and which I just discovered last year. The third is to just ignore it until my desk is cleared off again. Hmm, maybe I can hire a transcriber?
Copyright 2011, ACK for Gene Notes
Thanks for the shout out!
ReplyDeleteI can relate deeply to every, single word in this post!!! From the love of the hunt to hating transcribing (I use Transcript too and a speach recognition program). I agree we need to hire someone or wait for our desks to clear themselves off!
I feel your pain on the 1=3 papers phenomenon. I also think it multiplies when the lights are out.
ReplyDeleteCan you post a link or some other information about Transcript? I would very much like to see what this is all about.
Thanks!
Jenny, I've blogged about this program in the past, but go to
ReplyDeletehttp://www.jacobboerema.nl/en/Freeware.htm and read all about it!