A Revolutionary Transcribe-a-thon

10:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Venue
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Address info

427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 

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Thursday, October 16, 2025

10:30 AM - 8:00 PM

In-person event

Event Type
Program Title - Rev City Logo - Images from previous transcribathon

Come celebrate Archives Month Philly with the team behind The Revolutionary City: A Portal to the Nation's Founding (Rev City). On October 16, 2025, we will be hosting a day-long Transcribe-a-thon at the American Philosophical Society.

We invite you to help us transcribe 18th-century handwritten documents from across the portal. You will also get to test out innovative digital transcription tools from the Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS) at the APS. No transcription experience is required as participants will be trained to use our transcription platform.

Rev City is a collaborative, multi-institution open-access portal that digitally unites collections about Philadelphia and Philadelphians from all walks of life during the Revolutionary Period. This project provides an unprecedented resource for students, teachers, scholars, and anyone interested in the history of the nation. Learn more about the project here.  

The transcribe-a-thon will run from 11:00 AM until 8:00 PM (doors open at 10:30 AM). Feel free to participate part or all of the day. You will transcribe using our digital transcription platform and will have the opportunity to test out machine-learning based automatic transcription tools. Refreshments will be available to fuel your transcriptions. Participants will also receive fun giveaways and exciting behind-the-scenes looks at the APS.  

This program will take place at the APS’s Franklin Hall (427 Chestnut Street). This event is BYOL (bring your own laptop!). Tablets are fine, but you will need a keyboard. Both Apple and Android/PC devices work with our software.  Chrome browser preferred. This program will require participants to work in groups as they decipher these revolutionary stories.

Registration is required but not open yet. Please check back soon for more details and to register.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event, please contact the education office at [email protected]. We appreciate two weeks of advance notice for any accommodation requests. 

 

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