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Hi hello, I'm excited to share that registration is open for "Talking White" - Transcribing Black Narrators with Alissa Rae Funderburk <https://www.alissaraefunderburk.com/>, the first session of a workshop series focused on timed text <https://amianet.org/events/webinars/online-series-timed-text/>, presented by the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). This session focuses on creating transcripts from audiovisual recordings and the means through which personhood is expressed in language, and how that language is encoded as text, with a focus on Black voices in oral histories. Registration for individual sessions/ series is open here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/timed-text-series-registration-354993925387 Additionally, DPOE-N is accepting applications for funding your professional development, which you can absolutely use for these sessions. See this link for more details: https://www.dpoe.network/professional-development-support/ More info: Memory workers and institutions are increasingly cognizant of the important role that timed text - captions, subtitles, transcripts, etc. - can play in curation and in providing access to collections; both in terms of ensuring equity in access and discovery systems and through integration with digital humanities techniques and analysis. This series aims to address some of the challenges that accompany the practice of textualizing audiovisual resources, namely: workflows for creating timed text, both machine and human-based; technical requirements and strategies for displaying timed text; cultural considerations for transcription and translation; and learning from the experiences of timed-text users. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me directly with questions regarding these programs and we hope to see you there! Best, Brendan Coates AV / Digital Archivist, Computer History Museum & Dinah Handel Digitization Services Manager, Stanford Libraries