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A book review! https://libroediting.com/2022/01/10/book-review-ebonye-gussine-wilkins-respectful-querying-with-nuance/

Book review – Ebonye Gussine Wilkins – “Respectful Querying with NUANCE” This book is published by the Editorial Freelancers Association, who are based in America, and I ordered it direct from them. My attention had been drawn to it by a couple of fellow-editors and I t…

Sharing a post about gendered language and changes in language by respected fellow-editor Sarah Grey (I was alerted to the article by the ever-vigilant and champion sharer Katharine O'Moore-Klopf) https://libroediting.com/2021/12/06/gendered-language-and-language-change/

Gendered language and language change Today I’m sharing an excellent paper, “The State of Gendered Language”, written by experienced and highly respected editor Sarah Grey. Gendered language is language that takes acc…

Second in my short series about AI / automatic transcription and I look at a real-life example of automated closed-captioning and whether this kind of auto-transcription is up to scratch ... https://libroediting.com/2021/11/22/automatic-transcription-some-real-world-case-studies-2-automatic-closed-captioning/

Automatic transcription – some real-world case studies 2: automatic closed-captioning There has been a lot of talk lately about automatic transcription, or AI (artificial intelligence) transcription. This includes speech-to-text software and means that a transcription of your voice …

An example of working with documents generated by voice-to-text software with pros and cons and ways to deal with issues https://libroediting.com/2021/11/08/automatic-transcription-some-real-world-case-studies-1-voice-to-text-software/

Automatic transcription – some real-world case studies 1: voice-to-text software There’s a lot of talk about automatic transcription, or AI (artificial intelligence) transcription, also known as voice-to-text software. This means that a transcription of your voice or reco…

Sharing an excellent article by my colleague Erin C Brenner on errors in editing today https://libroediting.com/2021/10/25/do-editors-make-mistakes-what-should-you-do-if-you-find-your-editor-has-made-a-mistake/

Do editors make mistakes? What should you do if you find your editor has made a mistake? I have written a little bit about errors in editing before, but this article by my colleague Erin Brenner of Right Touch Editing says everything that I would say about the issue. Another reason edi…

Essay mills are to become illegal in the UK - my thoughts and some resources on plagiarism for students and editors https://libroediting.com/2021/10/11/essay-mills-are-to-become-illegal-in-the-uk/

Essay mills are to become illegal in the UK The BBC has reported that “essay mills”, where companies sell pre-written complete essays to students, are to be outlawed as part of the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill. I welcome thi…

On getting a focus group transcribed ... https://libroediting.com/2021/09/27/how-do-i-prepare-my-focus-group-for-transcription/

How do I prepare my focus group for transcription? If you’re running focus groups for your research, information-gathering or market research, it’s likely you will want to record them and get them transcribed. How do you get a transcrip…