Using this icon, you can view the recognized text for a church register page or - if no text recognition is yet available - start the text recognition process. Depending on the processing status, there are three possible cases:
Text recognition is already available
The recognized text is then displayed directly, either as continuous text in the sidebar next to the image or as an overlay on the church register page.
No text recognition available yet
In this case, you can start text recognition directly. The page is then sent from the viewer for transcription. One text recognition request will be deducted from your contingent.
For this manually started on-demand text recognition, the recognized text is often available after just a few minutes.
Text recognition has already been requested
In this case, the following message appears:
“Text recognition pending"
"Text recognition already requested”
This means that the page has already been designated for text recognition and cannot be started manually again. This applies in particular to 19th-century baptismal registers, which are processed as part of an automatic background workflow.
In these cases, it may take considerably longer for the recognized text to become available, as there are often many thousands of images in the queue. Unfortunately, it is not possible to specify an exact processing time.
Please note: The short waiting time of usually just a few minutes applies only to manually started on-demand text recognition, not to automatic background processing that has already been scheduled.
Click this symbol at the bottom left on the viewer to display text recognition as an overlay on the image. You can then click any line in the church register. If text recognition is already available for this page, the transcription will be shown directly above the handwritten entry. This allows you to work your way through the page line by line.
You can create bookmarks in a digital copy to help you find a specific page in a church book more quickly. To create a bookmark click on the icon in the viewer. After that you will be asked what the bookmark should be called. You can either leave the already used path or use something personal as title. You will then find the saved bookmarks in your profile.
In order to create a permalink, first open the church book page you would like to save. Click on the "Permalink" symbol at the upper right hand side of the page.
On the right side a window will appear with the headline "Create permalink". The image area will change somewhat, so please make sure to readjust the page image where necessary. Zoom and pan the page to the location you would like to save. In order to create a link to this exact image, place a check in the box next to "Include zoomlevel & image-section" and then click on "Create".
If you do not check the box, the zoom level will not be saved and the permalink will show the entire page.
After clicking on "Create" the permalink will appear. You can now copy it via the button to share or save it.
What is a UGC?
UGC is the abbreviation of “user-generated content”. On Archion, UGCs related to church records can be uploaded by users. This may be a table of contents, a translation for non-German speaking users, the transcription of an entry, etc.
How can I generate a UGC?
You generate UGCs on your computer. Depending on the content of the UGC, Word or Excel are suitable.
Write into the document what the UGC is to contain, e.g. the table of contents of a book. Save the completed file as a PDF on your computer. You can then upload this PDF file.
How can I upload the UGC?
Please note: In order to upload a UGC you need to have an active passport. You can find out here how to book a passport.
In the viewer, you open the church record for which the UGC is to be uploaded. Click on “UGC” in the top right corner. Click on "Add UGC" at the top of the window that is opening on the side. Enter the information on your UGC there. The title, the source and the acceptance of the General Terms and Conditions are required in any case. Next, click on "Choose" to select your UGC from your computer. You can tell from the fact that the file name selected by you is now visible under "file" that you have actually selected your file in green. Optionally, you can enter the year, annotations, further contents and family names. The title should represent the content in one word. You can either enter your user name or your first and family name as source. If you wish to upload your UGC, click on "Save".
Please note: Once your UGC has been uploaded you cannot delete it! Therefore you should check before the upload if you have selected the correct file.
As soon as you have loaded this page again you and all other users with an active passport can see the UGC.
You can find an example of a UGC in a church record under the following permalink: https://beta.archion.de/p/62d6ab5c8c
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