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- Revisions within the package are free.
- If you do not respond within 3 days of delivery, the work is accepted automatically.
The money is reserved when you pay and released only once you accept the work.
Example result
Typed text from photos: a beekeeper's handwritten logbook
Page 3
Inspection — 14 May 2024
Weather: sunny, 19 °C, light wind from the west.
Hive 1 (blue box)
- Queen seen on frame 5. Eggs and young larvae on 4 frames.
- Brood pattern solid, a few gaps on frame 7.
- Added second super. Bees calm.
Hive 2 (white box)
- No queen seen, but fresh eggs, so she is there.
- 3 queen cups along the bottom of frame 6, empty.
- Watch for swarming! Check again in 7 days.
- Fed 1 litre of syrup 1:1.
Margin note (pencil): ask [unclear: Gerald? Gerard?] about the [unclear] split method.
Page 4
Honey harvest log
| Date | Hive | Frames taken | Weight, kg | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02.07.2024 | 1 | 8 | 14.2 | Light, floral |
| 02.07.2024 | 2 | 6 | 9.8 | Darker, some crystals |
| 18.08.2024 | 1 | 7 | 12.[unclear: 5 or 6] | Heather? |
| 18.08.2024 | 2 | 5 | 8.1 | — |
| Total | 26 | 44.6 | your own total on the page |
Varroa treatment started 20.08, strips in both hives, remove by [unclear: 1 Oct or 7 Oct].
Notes for you to check
| Page | What | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Name in margin note | The second letter is smudged |
| 3 | Word before "split method" | Crossed out and rewritten |
| 4 | Weight 12.5 or 12.6 kg | Last digit overwritten. The total 44.6 matches 12.5 |
| 4 | Varroa strip removal date | The digit is cut off at the page edge |
Page order follows your photo numbering. Units, dates and crossed-out words are kept as in the original; crossed-out text was left out unless it was replaced.
Client: Tom Avery, a hobby beekeeper digitising his 2024 apiary notebook. 10 phone photos of handwritten pages, blue and pencil ink. Below: typed result for pages 3 and 4.
Source: page 3, photo IMG_0412, handwriting in blue pen with a pencil note in the margin; page 4, photo IMG_0413, a hand-drawn table.
The client and all details are made up.
About this service
Old newspaper and magazine clippings are hard to read and harder to share: narrow columns, faded print, articles that jump to another page and fonts from another century. Photograph the clippings and we type each article in reading order, with headline, byline, publication and date where they are visible, so you can search, quote and keep them. Faded or torn words are marked instead of guessed.
What is included
- What you getEach clipping typed as a separate article with its headline and source line, on the order page and as a Word (.docx) file; in Premium also an index of all clippings (date, publication, headline) as an Excel (.xlsx) file.
- Column orderText follows the article, not the layout
- Source linePublication, date and page where visible
- Old spellingKept or modernized, as you choose
- Damage marked[faded] and [torn] instead of guesses
- Clippings indexIn Premium: a table of all items
How it works
- 1UploadYou photograph the clippings
- 2TypingWe type each article in order
- 3CheckWe compare the text with the photos
What we need from you
Clear photos of the clippings, flat and well lit, the language and, if you know them, the publication and date of each.
We will ask you:
- What language are the clippings in?
- Should old spelling stay as printed?
- Do you know the publication and date of each clipping?
- What are the clippings for?
Compare packages
| Packages | BasicA few clippings$10 | StandardClippings set$25 | PremiumArchive batch$49 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadline | 1 day | 2 days | 3 days |
| Revisions | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Pages | up to 3 | up to 10 | up to 20 |
| Source line per article | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clippings index | No | No | Yes |
| Order Basic | Order Standard | Order Premium |
Payment protection
You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.
- Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
- The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
- Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
- Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
- Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
- Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
Questions and answers
Can you read Fraktur or pre-reform spelling?
Yes, if the photo is sharp. Words we cannot read with confidence are marked with [?].
An article continues on another page. What should I do?
Send both parts and say they belong together; we join them into one article.
How many pictures can I attach?
Up to 5 pictures of up to 20 MB each (JPG, PNG or WebP). For more pages, fit two pages or several items into one sharp photo.