Caleb Broughton
Transcription Process:
For me, transcribing old texts is something very new and unfamiliar. I didn’t know what to expect when I was told about this assignment, but not that I am done I am happy with how it turned out. At first it was extremely difficult to differentiate between certain combinations of letters, and it seemed like there was no possible way I was going to be able to complete the assignment entirely. After about the third page of Elizabeth Grundy’s memoir, I really started to feel more confident about transcribing and I was in a groove going through lines very quickly. I am a firm believer that transcribing is all about practice, as is anything if you want to be good at it. It was difficult at first but once I really sat down and set aside a good chunk of time to really work at it, it almost didn’t seem like I was doing work.
As I began to get the hang of the transcription process, I gradually was able to grasp a decent understanding of who Elizabeth Grundy was, what she was like as a person, how she dealt with obstacles and struggles in her life and much more. After finishing the six pages I was assigned, and then going back and reading it as a whole, I was easily able to grasp the information that Grundy wrote. After this assignment I am much more confident about transcribing texts, and although I know it isn’t going to be easy, I can honestly say it will be easier after having done this work.
Link to transcriptions of my assigned memoir pages (Google doc)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nv-N7N0rR6puaTNT2_QHv_918cxgYppQjCQikAxSNqQ/edit?usp=sharing
Link to transcriptions next to original writing (Moravian Lives)
http://moravian.bucknell.edu/scripto/?scripto_action=user_document_pages
Caleb Broughton is an Econ major who plays on the baseball team at Bucknell University. Born in Lebanon, NH on November 6, 1998.