What is a Transcribers Note? When should I add one?
A Transcriber’s Note is a small section you can add to a text you produce to give the reader some information about changes you made to the book when rendering it into text. A Transcriber’s Note is not the same as a footnote–a footnote is part of the text you have transcribed; a Transcriber’s Note is a note that you add to the text, explaining something you have done or omitted. If there is a Transcriber’s Note, it may be at the top or the end of the text, and it should be clearly marked so that a reader cannot confuse it with the main text or an introduction. The main thing is to ensure that a reader cannot confuse text that you have added with text that was in the original book. Transcriber’s Notes are rarely needed, but if, for example, you found misprints in the text, or things that might look like misprints even though they’re not, you may note them here, if it seems relevant. If there is an image in the book that is important to the content, you may describe it in a note.
