CoCoMag Task Descriptions

Every task is done twice. Someone else is asked to double check the work.

You are presented with a thumbnail of every page in the magazine. You are asked to check a box next to each page that is a Table of Contents page.

You are presented with one page of the Table of Contents. You are asked to draw a green box around each article listed. Create boxes by pressing the plus button. Remove boxes by clicking the minus button. To resize a box grab near a corner. Grab near the center to position the box. The boxes are also numbered, so they should flow with whatever job you are currently doing. Be generous with the margins you give the green box. Don't crop too close to the text, but don't get too close to the text of other columns. Press the submit button when the task is completed.

Box drawing requires a recent web browser with modern JavaScript. I've tested it with Apple's Safari and Mozilla's FireFox and it works well. I've not tested it with Microsoft's Internet Explorer. If there are problems on IE, and you can fix them, please send me the fixes.

If your web browser does not support JavaScript, or you have turned it off, you will not be given jobs that require it.

Inspect TOC OCR

Here you double check the article title, author, synopsis and starting page number by comparing the scan with computer generated text.

Find article pages

You are presented with a thumbnail of every page in the magazine. You are asked to check a box next to each page that is a part of a specific article.

You are presented a single page that contains an article. You are asked to, in order, draw a green boxes around the article text.

Here you compare a scan of the article text with the computer generated text. You are asked to fix any errors.

You are asked to, in order, draw a green box around program listings.

Here you compare a scan of the program listings with the computer generated text. You are asked to fix any errors.

You are presented with a page and are asked to draw a green box around any filler. Filler is small content not related to the article they reside with. Examples are cartoons, hints, contest winners. Anything not listed in the Table of Contents and not an advertisment.

Here you compare a scan of the Filler with the computer generated text. You are asked to fix any errors.

You will be presented with a single page from the magazine. Draw a green box around every advertisment.

The definition of an advertisment is anything that the publisher accepted money in exchange for placement. This means reviews are not considered advertisments. Since paid placement is usually not disclosed you'll have to use your best judgement.

You are presented with a single advertisment from the magazine. You are asked to fill in fields of a form describing the advertisment. The fields are: name of company and address of company.