@kammerotica it's shameful that the National Archives, which is supposed to be among our nation's flagship historical institutions, won't pay a fair wage for skilled work

@kammerotica My time is worth money. Otherwise I am playing with my dogs. And yes, I can read it. I have seen their request before.

@kammerotica

Happy volunteering to feed the AI machines.

@kammerotica

I can't even read my own so I guess that leaves me out. But then nobody can read mine.

@kammerotica You don't have to be old for deciphering old handwriting, it's part of #archivists and other specialists' work. They learnt it but they take money for their profession. 😉
Perhaps some #CitizenArchivist via #bookstodon #histodon for the work above? ⬆️
@handwriting @histodon

@NatureMC @histodon (I know. I'm a retired librarian/archivist!)

@the5thColumnist I had a job where I had to read a professor's scrawled notes, often in a mixture of languages. I got quite good at it after a couple of years. 🤣

@Davi_Dblees Ah, yes, I forgot about that aspect. Good point. I wonder if the National Archives has policies about that.

@kammerotica I'd be tempted to fill my transcriptions with anarchist propaganda, since there will probably be little if any error or fact checking.

@Davi_Dblees 🤣 🤣 🤣

@ang6666 I agree absolutely about time=money.

@sarae I absolutely agree!