RE: Available Transcription Software

Hi Peter;

I'm not sure if you where responding to my posting or just making a
announcement.

If you where responding to my posting then I will have to make some
clarification of what I am looking for.

Specifically:

Transcription software that provides a means of entering into a relational
database those event related records that might be acquired from parish
registers, census record, tithes, trade directories, BMD certs., or other
similar sources. The records would be `transcribed` to event formatted forms
as batches. The batches would then be verified, audited, and subsequently
posted to a larger relation database that would/could take advantage of a
variety of SQL queries.

This software would not work to a tafel logic as it would be used as a bulk
loader. Therefore, GEDCOM import or export would not apply.

Leif B. Kristensen...

As Dave says, such requirements can't be met with shrink-wrapped
software. I do a lot of both database programming and data entry
myself, and have found that using PHP/Apache provides a fast and
relatively easy way to create data entry forms. As for batch
processing, I rather prefer Perl or Python, somewhat depending on the
"shape" of the problem at hand.

I don't quite see why you would want to use an intermediate text file;
for instance MySQL is easily installed on a PC, and Apache and PHP
along with it. Those are free and very powerful products.

The data model should be something like:

Batch Description Record - Recording: Event type and Place of recording.