1950 US Census Keyboard Shortcut for Review Names
I've just verified that when doing Name Review for the 1950 US Census, hitting the Enter Key is equivalent to using your mouse to click "Accept." The blue box will then move to the next Name, ready for you to review. Sometimes you need to remind it you're still there by putting the cursor in the name box and clicking. It should carry on afterward.
And, if you make a change and hit Enter, it will submit your change and move on.
It's more efficient and no less accurate.
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Hi John,
That tip, and many other shortcuts can be viewed here...
Hopefully you can find something else that will help you with this great work.
Thanks.
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Hi Kevin
I wish there were more shortcuts for the new Names Review, but most of those Web Indexing shortcuts don't make sense in the Names Review (US Census or not). I haven't done any 1950 US Census Family reviews yet (none have been available), so I don't know about possible shortcuts that may apply to that application.
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Missing names in the Review Names step.
I was really impressed with this AI, but then I got to my current page reviewing Names. There are many incorrectly captured "no one home" records, but four 2 person households have been skipped.
For those missing names, I've been submitting a "Transmission Error," clicking "Other," and supplying the missing names, but it's a pain dealing with the blue and white boxes being in the way. Please give us the option to get them out of the way temporarily. Anyway, going forward, I'm just going to point out that they're missing in the form. Hopefully, the person who gets to review this page for Families will supply the missing names. It might be nice to have the option to supply them here in the Review Names software.
Finally, please give us keyboard shortcuts for all these basic functions plus the Transmission Error icon.
It would make this process so much more efficient.
NOTE: I mentioned in another post that the Enter key on your keyboard would do an Accept and move on. Occasionally you'll need to remind it you're still there by clicking in the white AI results box. But we can do better.
I haven't recently ranted about the Elgato Stream Deck and its usefulness for making indexing and reviewing more efficient - especially if you have a Windows PC so that you can use the FREE software provided by the great Canadian programmer "Bar Raider," a compatriot of Rob Latour - author of the Free A Viewer For Windows - another great programmer.
Even without keyboard shortcuts, I have used Bar Raider's software to make Streamdeck Buttons for these functions. I've had to use a Bar Raider-provided macro to get the mouse position and move it around. You would need a physical Stream Deck which is not cheap, but there is a Stream Deck app for the iPhone and one for an Android phone. It costs about $2.49 per month to subscribe to the app, and you can cancel at any time. You would still need Bar Raider's FREE software, and he doesn't own a Mac, so a Windows PC is required.
Here is a picture of the pertinent part of one of my Stream Decks. The buttons do what they say.
Below is the programming of the last key - the red one. It does what it says - reports the specific Transcription Error - "the AI-provided index is Not a Name." It occurs so often ("Not at Home," "Vacant," etc.) that I had to do something about making it easier to do.
Programming for the others is similar but less complicated.
{{MSAVEPOS}} (remembers where your mouse was when you clicked the red button above)
{{MOUSEXY:1693,941}}{{LBUTTON}} (goes to and clicks on the Transmission Error icon)
{{MOUSEXY:718,344}}{{LBUTTON}} (moves to and de-selects the default "Not Readable."
{{MOUSEXY:718,487}}{{LBUTTON}} (moves to and selects "Not a Name."
{{MOUSEXY:1157,845}}{{LBUTTON}} (moves to and selects "Submit."
{{MLOADPOS}} (takes your mouse/cursor back where you started)
If anyone is interested in doing a "short-term rental" of the iPhone or Android Stream Deck app and wants to try this on the 1950 US Census Names review, let me know, and I'll supply you with a Stream Deck Profile with the buttons mostly programmed. You can see that specific numbers are mentioned. Those are the coordinates of the location of the various icons on YOUR PC. And you'll need to locate and type them in once - if you stick to the same setup on your screen from session to session (e,g, full screen or not). But, fear not - Bar Raider has you covered. He provides a "button" to locate the screen coordinates where your mouse is located - and, therefore, the location of a particular icon or an option within the Transcription Error panel:
I haven't had a chance yet to do a Family Review, so I don't know what shortcuts may be possible with that app.
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A final, important note on this issue:
In another post (link below), I suggested that the developers provide keyboard shortcuts for commonly required actions:
https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/441790#Comment_441790
"I agree with @CaptBob. How about separate buttons for "Not a Name" and "Incomplete." And please - provide keyboard shortcuts for all the actions.
EG: Alt+B for Back, Alt+M for Match, Alt+E for Edit, Alt+U for Unsure, Alt+N for Not a Name, and Alt+I for Incomplete."
If these or other shortcuts were provided, then the ordinary Elgato Stream Deck commands should work to activate them on an iPhone or Android phone using the Stream Deck App - no need for Bar Raider's software. And most importantly, the basic Stream Deck software is compatible with Windows and Mac operating systems. So any Reviewers on a Windows or Mac laptop or desktop could use their phone as a Stream Deck and have an exceptionally efficient and low-frustration way to review Names and possibly Families. I haven't had the opportunity to do any Family reviewing.
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I was also wishing there were keyboard shortcuts for the review names tool. So I went ahead and made a little script to add them. I added this via the developer tools console in my browser, but you might be able to do it with certain browser extensions too.
I've only done some minimal testing of this, so use with caution
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@dkniffin nice work. I've never tried doing that, although I have peeked at the development tools. I have my way of shortcutting those mouse clicks using the Stream Deck software, but I'd like to try yours. How do I activate that script? And, as important, how do I de-activate it and the associated shortcuts?
Thanks.
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