Rapid imaging, processing and upload to KE EMu using

voice recognition

Susan Butts and Jessica UtrupSusan Butts and Jessica Utrup

Division of Invertebrate PaleontologyDivision of Invertebrate Paleontology

Yale Peabody MuseumYale Peabody Museum

Need for rapid imaging…

NSF grant in 2006

YPM-IP stratigraphic collection

extreme fluctuations in T & RH

water - pipes- flooding

acidic oak cabinets

in situ etching

Byne’s effluorescence

physical forces (overcrowded conditions, improper containers)

Relocate to ESC

Class of 1954 Environmental Science Center (2001)

facility is continually monitored & logged for T & RH (60º F and

47.5%RH)

NSF BRC (2006) Briggs & Butts

move from basement to ESC, digitize– curate: assess and retray– digitize

• catalog in KE EMu (+georeferencing)• Imaging of brachiopod specimens

– Rehouse in systematic collection

How do you type in the specimen number

while taking three identified-orientation images of the specimen (re-orienting each time), convert those images to web-ready files, and attach the cluster of images to

the EMu object record for est. 75,000 brachiopods in three years?

RIP-VR Rapid Image Processing with Voice Recognition

RIP-VR

RIP-VR

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voice recognitionimaging(Excel)

imageupload

Adobe Photoshop(color correction)

Batch processing

voice recognitionimaging(Excel)

imageupload

Adobe Photoshop(color correction)

Script: image manipulation,associate image numbers

to specimen number

ScriptsIN

Spoken spreadsheet

Folder of images 1. validates of camera image numbers

2. IP naming protocol – YPM# + suffix

3. invokes ImageMagick (resize for web)

4. writes import CSV files for EMu import & attachment to records

OUT

two spreadsheets

folder of modified images

Scripts

voice recognitionimaging(Excel)

imageupload

Adobe Photoshop(color correction)

ImageMagick

validate/importMultimedia module

validate/importCatalog module

Script: associate image numbers

to specimen number

Multimedia module – validate/mport

Catalog module – validate/import

Object record with multimedia

Web query

Stats (2010)

Thanks Larry, KE, and Jessica!