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-=== Text File ===+====== Transcribing a Text File ======
  
 Take a text file of Coptic keyed in the unicode Coptic characterset. (SCRIPTORIUM uses the [[http://www.evertype.com/fonts/coptic/|Antinoou font]] and keyboard.)\\ \\ Take a text file of Coptic keyed in the unicode Coptic characterset. (SCRIPTORIUM uses the [[http://www.evertype.com/fonts/coptic/|Antinoou font]] and keyboard.)\\ \\
 Save the file as a plain text file (.txt) encoded in UTF-8. (Most text editors have an option in Preferences for opening and saving texts in UTF-8.) \\ \\ Save the file as a plain text file (.txt) encoded in UTF-8. (Most text editors have an option in Preferences for opening and saving texts in UTF-8.) \\ \\
-Be sure there is a space between each Coptic bound group.  (You do not need to segment all the morphemes.  We follow Layton's conventions for segmenting bound groups.  For example ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲛⲁϥ, not ⲁ ϥ ⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲛⲁ ϥ, nor ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃⲛⲁϥ.  (Our Transcription Guidelines have more details.)\\ \\ +Be sure there is a space between each Coptic bound group.  (You do not need to segment all the morphemes.  We follow Layton's conventions for segmenting bound groups.  For example ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲛⲁϥ, not ⲁ ϥ ⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲛⲁ ϥ, nor ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃⲛⲁϥ.  (Our [[http://copticscriptorium.org/download/tools/SCRIPTORIUMDiplTranscriptionGuidelines.pdf|Transcription Guidelines]] have more details.)\\ \\ 
-//Mac users:  save your text file using Unix line breaks/carriage returns.  Most text editors have an option for toggling between Windows/Mac/Unix line breaks; we recommend the free texteditor Text Wrangler http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ .  This formatting option is displayed at the bottom of the window.// \\ \\ +//Mac users:  save your text file using Unix line breaks/carriage returns.  Most text editors have an option for toggling between Windows/Mac/Unix line breaks; we recommend the free texteditor [[http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/|Text Wrangler]].  This formatting option is displayed at the bottom of the window.// \\ \\ 
-//Advanced If you have a text in ASCII, in one of the old, pre-Unicode legacy fonts, such as Lasercoptic, it may be possible to convert your text using one of our character converters.+ 
 +===== Advanced =====   
 + 
 +If you have a text in ASCII, in one of the old, pre-Unicode legacy fonts, such as Lasercoptic, it may be possible to convert your text using one of [[https://github.com/CopticScriptorium/converters|our character converters]].
  
transcribe_a_text.1441794705.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015/09/09 04:31 by ctschroeder