UVTAGG - Press Release: Online Mtg, 13 Jul 2024, 10-12 Noon MDT, DALLAN QUASS on USING AI TO TRANSCRIBE, SUMMARIZE, AND EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENTS followed by OPEN DISCUSSION ON FAMILY HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY

UVTAGG - 2024-07-10 - Press Release: Online Mtg, 13 Jul 2024, 10-12 Noon MDT, DALLAN QUASS on USING AI TO TRANSCRIBE, SUMMARIZE, AND EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENTS followed by OPEN DISCUSSION ON FAMILY HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY

2024-07-10

 

Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can.    If you need more information, please see our website --  https://uvtagg.org  and Press Release Blog   https://blog.uvtagg.org/ .   If you have questions, please contact me.   Thanks. 

Don

Donald R. Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu  

 

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 13 Jul 2024 on Zoom and Facebook

10 am - 11 am MDT:  DALLAN QUASS on USING AI TO TRANSCRIBE, SUMMARIZE, AND EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM HANDWRITTEN GENEALOGICAL DOCUMENTS

11:10 - 12 Noon MDT:  OPEN DISCUSSION ON FAMILY HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY

Details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 13 Jul 2024 on Zoom and Facebook

Details and links to watch are on  https://uvtagg.org   and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.

10 am - 11 am MDT:  DALLAN QUASS on USING AI TO TRANSCRIBE, SUMMARIZE, AND EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM HANDWRITTEN GENEALOGICAL DOCUMENTS

11:10 - 12 Noon MDT: CAROL HILL, RAYANNE MELICK, GERHARD RUF, AND OTHERS on OPEN DISCUSSION ON FAMILY HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY

 

ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION;

USING AI TO TRANSCRIBE, SUMMARIZE, AND EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM HANDWRITTEN GENEALOGICAL DOCUMENTS

This presentation will explain how to use multi-modal large language models (LLMs) to transcribe handwritten genealogical documents and how to summarize the documents, including names, dates, and places. It will compare the cost and performance of several LLMs so you can decide which one is best for you.

ABOUT DALLAN QUASS:

Dallan Quass has a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University and Bachelors and Masters degrees in computer science from BYU. He has extensive software development experience, especially extracting information from the Web and creating leading-edge search engines. He has served as the CTO of FamilySearch and has co-founded several software startups: RootsFinder, acquired by Findmypast, WhizBang! Labs, acquired by Inxight Software, FlipDog, acquired by Monster.com, and Junglee, acquired by Amazon.com. His interest in family history prompted him to develop two other family history websites:  gengophers.com  and  werelate.org, both of which have been listed among the top 101 family history websites according to Family Tree Magazine. Finally, he has written over a dozen academic publications which have been cited over 6,000 times according to  academic.research.microsoft.com.

 

ABOUT THE CLASS:

OPEN DISCUSSION ON FAMILY HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY

This will present an opportunity for any participant in the live broadcast to share their positive experiences, frustrations or ask questions or provide answers for other's questions related to family history and using technology.

All meetings of the UVTAGG group are open to the public and have the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history.  The Group is in its 34th year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group.  On the blog is a way for anyone  to receive the press releases via email.  Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the monthly email newsletter, TAGGology, and have access to the more than 650 videos of past presentations and classes.  TAGGology contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants.  Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested by emailing  uvtagginfo@gmail.com . 

 

Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Beccy Martin, Secretary ; Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Librarian (Vacant); Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists.  For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at  uvtagginfo@gmail.com  (801-602-5048), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at  gengal@comcast.net, or 2nd VP Don Snow at  snowd@math.byu.edu.

 

Donald R. Snow, 2nd VP, snowd@math.byu.edu .

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UVTAGG - Press Release: Online Mtg, 08 Jun 2024, 10-12 Noon MDT, BONNIE DIMOND and CAROL HILL on YOUTH AND FAMILY HISTORY and FAMILYSEARCH SUPPORT

UVTAGG - 2024-06-04 - Press Release: Online Mtg, 08 Jun 2024, 10-12 Noon MDT, BONNIE DIMOND and CAROL HILL on YOUTH AND FAMILY HISTORY and FAMILYSEARCH SUPPORT

2024-06-04

Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can.    If you need more information, please see our website --  https://uvtagg.org  and Press Release Blog  https://blog.uvtagg.org/ .   If you have questions, please contact me.   Thanks. 

Don

Donald R. Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu  

[Short Version]======================.

UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 08 Jun 2024 on Zoom and Facebook

10 am - 11 am MDT:  BONNIE DIMOND on INVOLVING YOUTH IN FAMILY HISTORY

11:10 - 12 Noon MDT:  CAROL HILL on FAMILYSEARCH SUPPORT REVEALED

Details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.

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[Long version]======================. 

UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 08 Jun 2024 on Zoom and Facebook

Details and links to watch are on  https://uvtagg.org   and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.

10 am - 11 am MDT:  BONNIE DIMOND on INVOLVING YOUTH IN FAMILY HISTORY

11:10 - 12 Noon MDT: CAROL HILL on FAMILYSEARCH SUPPORT REVEALED

ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION; INVOLVING YOUTH IN FAMILY HISTORY

How to host a youth family history camp using a FamilySearch Center to train the youth in your area. Ideas for youth temple and family history consultants.

ABOUT BONNIE DIMOND:

Bonnie Dimond has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from BYU.   She and her husband, Mike Dimond, have served as Stake Temple and Family History Consultants and Associate Directors of the Alpine FamilySearch Center since 2021. During this time, the Dimonds have focused on teaching the youth in their area how to do family history.  They have taught multiple youth summer camps as well as numerous activities and training for the youth in multiple stakes in their area.

ABOUT THE CLASS: FAMILYSEARCH SUPPORT REVEALED

Carol Hill, who is currently serving a Service Mission for FamilySearch Support, will be sharing FamilySearch Support Contact Options, what it is like to Serve a Support mission, what skills we develop, what resources we use to answer questions, etc. After listening to this presentation, she hopes you will want to join the team!!

ABOUT CAROL HILL:

Carol Hill received her Bachelor’s Degree in Family History from BYU in 2003, and has been helping others with their family history since then. She is currently serving a FamilySearch Support Mission and serving as a YSA stake family history consultant. She creates Family History YouTube videos to help others understand different features of FamilySearch, and other genealogy sites, as well. She loves her 6 children, 31 grandchildren, and wonderful husband.

All meetings of the UVTAGG group are open to the public and have the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history.  The Group is in its 34th year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group.  On the blog is a way for anyone  to receive the press releases via email.  Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the monthly email newsletter, TAGGology, and have access to the more than 650 videos of past presentations and classes.  TAGGology contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants.  Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com . 

Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Beccy Martin, Secretary ; Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Librarian (Vacant); Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists.  For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at uvtagginfo@gmail.com (801-602-5048), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at gengal@comcast.net, or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu.

Donald R. Snow, 2nd VP, snowd@math.byu.edu .

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UVTAGG - 2025-05-08 - Press Release: Online Mtg, 11 May 2024, 10-12 Noon MDT, BETH ANN WISEMAN on METADATA OF PHOTOS

UVTAGG - 2025-05-08 - Press Release: Online Mtg, 11 May 2024, 10-12 Noon MDT, BETH ANN WISEMAN on METADATA OF PHOTOS

2024-05-08

Journalists and newsletter editors, please post this where you can.    If you need more information, please see our website --  https://uvtagg.org  and Press Release Blog  https://blog.uvtagg.org/ .   If you have questions, please contact me.   Thanks. 

Don

Donald R. Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu  

[Short Version]======================.

UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 11 May 2024 on Zoom and Facebook

10 am - 11 AM MDT:  BETH ANN WISEMAN on Metadata Magic:  Preserving the Writing On the Back Of the Photo (Metadata) In Digital Photos

11:10-12 Noon MDT:  BETH ANN WISEMAN on Metadata Magic: How Do I Embed Metadata In My Digital Photos?

Details on UVTAGG.org and on the UVTAGG blog.

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[Long version]======================. 

UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 11 May 2024 on Zoom and Facebook

Details and links to watch are on  https://uvtagg.org   and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.

10 am - 11 AM MDT:  BETH ANN WISEMAN on Metadata Magic:  Preserving the Writing On the Back Of the Photo (Metadata) In Digital Photos

11:10-12 Noon MDT:  BETH ANN WISEMAN on Metadata Magic: How Do I Embed Metadata In My Digital Photos?

ABOUT BETH ANN WISEMAN:

Beth Ann Wiseman's passion is preserving family photos, both personally and professionally.  As a teenager in the 1970s, she received xeroxed copies of copies of family stories whose blubs and blurs were barely readable.  Since she was not able to source photos and stories, she pondered how she could preserve her rich family heritage for her children and grandchildren.  She has a B. A. in History and a Masters degree in Computer Science, initially working as a software developer, which included the scanning of digital images - the perfect solution for preserving and sharing family stories. At that time it was difficult to share scanned images. The rest of the story needed to go along with the images. She tried file system strategies, static html files on a CD, and even creating a database on CD.  Nothing seemed to work really well.

Beth Ann was one of the original members of the engineering team at FamilySearch that implemented Memories and she still works on that team - her dream job.  Memories addresses many of the sticking points for sharing family photos and stories.  She is also involved with an organization created by Gordon Clarke at FamilySearch to standardize how the family history industry uses metadata properties and she has been testing and validating the standards proposed by the Family History Metadata Working Group (FHMWG).

ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION;

Embedding the writing on the back of the photo so that it travels with the photo as embedded metadata creates magic in finding and sharing your photos and their stories.  Once you know why, you will want to know how. This main presentation discusses why you would want to go to the effort of embedding the writing on the back of the photo into your digital photos. And what do FamilySearch and others do with metadata in a photo?

ABOUT THE CLASS:

OK, I'm convinced. I really want the magic of metadata in my digital photos. How can I do that?  What tools can I use?

All meetings of the UVTAGG group are open to the public and have the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history.  The Group is in its 34th year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group.  On the blog is a way for anyone  to receive the press releases via email.  Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the  monthly email newsletter, TAGGology, and have access to the more than 650 videos of past presentations and classes.  TAGGology contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants.  Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com  . 

Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Secretary (Vacant); Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Librarian (Vacant); Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists.  For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at uvtagginfo@gmail.com (801-602-5048), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at gengal@comcast.net, or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu.

Donald R. Snow, 2nd VP, snowd@math.byu.edu .

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Dr. Donald R. Snow, Retired Professor of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA -  snowd@math.byu.edu