Transcription Process Instructions

This post describes how to get started transcribing Gene and Carola's letters.

Rules & Assumptions

1. You know what they say about rules? They're made to be broken.
2. You know what they say about assumptions? They make an ass out of "u" and "me".
3. Seriously though...I assume you have been given the URL to the web site where to find the images. We will not make this URL public, so you have to email Josh for the URL for the URL if you do not have it.
4. You are fairly adept at reading messy handwriting!

Required Software

1. You must have an image viewing program that allows you to comfortably zoom in and out and scroll. If you need a free program for Windows 9X - Vista, download and install IfranView from this URL: http://www.download.com/IrfanView/3000-2192-10021962.html?part=dl-IrfanView&subj=dl&tag=button
2. Note that when installing IFranView, I did not let it add any special file associations and I did not install Google Search.

Process

 

1. Once you have IFranView, or some other image viewing application, installed and ready to go, load the program.
2. Navigate to http://thewebsiteurl-that-you-asked-josh-for/Carola/
   1. This will contain the scanned images directories and zip files.
3. If you are tasked with transcribing the 1970 - 1971 Our Congo Years collection, for example, then navigate to that directory.
4. Right click on the first image in the directory, in this case Congo Years 001.JPEG, and select the Save Target As option from the popup menu. This will look something like:
    
5. Save the file in a location that is easy to remember, such as C:\Carola\1970 - 1971 Our Congo Years\
6. Now, start a text editing program, such as Windows Write or Windows Notepad. You can do this by going to Start / Run and then typing either notepad or write. It will look something like this:
   
7. Now, it will be important to be able to both read and type without having to switch back and forth. Dual-monitors is nice for those who have it, but if you don't. You can fit both Windows Write and IFranView on one page by putting Write above IFranView, so that you arrange the windows as so:
   
8. You will be able to use the horizontal scroll bar on the bottom of the IFranView window to move to the right-hand side of the scanned image. You will be able to use the vertical scroll bar of the Write window to move up and down as you type the text.
9. Once you have finished transcribing both halves of the scanned pages, save the file in the same location that you saved the image file itself. Give it the same name of the file. In this case, name the file Congo Years 001.rtf.
10. Once you have saved the file, then attach it in an email and send it to Josh

Please let Josh know if you have any questions or need assistance.

Thank you!

Introducing The Carola L. Gough Foundation : Enriching Lives Through Art & Science Education

Welcome to The Carola L. Gough Foundation's blog!

Introduction
This blog is dedicated to Carola L. Gough, who lived from April 17th, 1911 to July 25th, 2007. Here life and her influence will continue to be known and felt by the activities pursued by this foundation. This blog will chronicle our journey and allow for interaction from family and friends.

About Carola
Carola will forever be remembered as a loving daughter, friend, artist, wife, mother, volunteer, grand-mother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother, and mentor.

Carola and Her Husband Gene's Body of Work
Learn more about Carola on her web site at http://www.CarolaGough.com. On her web site you will soon be able do the following:

• Read bout her life through newspaper interviews
• Watch video about her art training and volunteering activities
  
• View more than 100 photographs of her paintings
• Take a tour of Carola's 3D Art Gallery in Second Life
  
• Read her journals dating from 1947 until 2004
• Read letters sent by her and her husband Gene and their friends and family to and from many nation-wide and world-wide travel destinations, including:
  
• Three years spent working on a work-team in the Congo where Gene worked as a workman while Carola worked as an art teacher
• Travels to Europe through Denmark, Switzerland, Greece, and Italy
• Living and traveling all throughout the United States, including living in Alaska.
• View photographs from all around the world from their life and travels.
• Watch movie footage taken during their world travels in Africa and Europe.
  

We are working to digitize all these works to share them with family and friends to follow their wishes that their legacy be passed on to those who come after them.

Foundation Long Term Goals

• Publish a "coffee table" style book for Carola's family and friends that contains pictures of her paintings and highlights from her written journals and correspondence.
  
• Promote her legacy by presenting the book and her web site and 3D Art Gallery at local art circles and associations, in the same way she did during her life.
• Organize events to expose under-privileged youth to the wonders of Art and Science.

How to Get Involved
If you are interested to learn more or to be a part of our efforts, email Joshua Gough, Carola's eldest great-grandchild, at jsgough gmail com.