A couple of years ago the Library of Congress released a crowd sourcing project called
The function of the task is to enlist the aid of the public to transcribe thousands of primary source documents that are housed by and have actually been scanned by the Library of Congress. Over the years there have been collections of documents from the American Civil War, documents from the American Revolution, governmental papers, files about suffrage, and documents about the integration of Major League Baseball.
Walt Whitmans notes and diaries..

Anybody can get involved in the LOCs Crowd project to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of diaries and notes. To get going merely go to the collection and choose a file. Your picked file will appear on the left side of the screen and a field for writing your transcription appears on the right side of the screen. After you have completed your transcription it is sent for peer evaluation. A demonstration of the procedure is included in.
the video below.

If you see it in other places, it has been utilized without permission. Sites that take my (Richard Byrnes) work include CloudComputin and WayBetterSite.

Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd task is a good opportunity for high school students and some middle school students to discover Walt Whitman while adding to a nationwide project. All of the collections in Crowd do have timelines and some other resources that help to provide context for the files that require transcription.
The Smithsonian has a similar crowdsourcing project called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.

The function of the job is to enlist the aid of the public to transcribe thousands of main source files that are housed by and have been scanned by the Library of Congress. Over the years there have been collections of files from the American Civil War, documents from the American Revolution, governmental documents, documents about suffrage, and documents about the integration of Major League Baseball. Anyone can participate in the LOCs Crowd task to transcribe documents in the Walt Whitman collection of diaries and notes.