Two OHMS Webinars Announced, October 2025
Announcing two upcoming webinars, Introduction to OHMS and OHMS & Transcripts.
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OHMS, WebVTT, and the Transcript Editor of my Dreams
We are excited to announce a major update to transcript functionality in OHMS Aviary! As detailed in my video announcement (watch here), the old transcript synchronization method (where a user drops time codes into a transcript at regular intervals) has been retired. This update introduces the new OHMS Aviary transcript standard, which allows for more granular and…
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Major Updates to OHMS: Coming Soon
Several years ago, someone at the Library of Congress asked me why the OHMS application and viewer did not utilize one of the emerging timed-text standards. It was frustrating for me because, as an archivist, I take standards and sustainability very seriously. The reason was that when I first created OHMS (the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer)…
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Announcement: Integrating OHMS and Aviary
If you have yet to hear, we have been completely rewriting the code for OHMS, the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer, and we are incorporating the OHMS Application into the Aviary Platform on September 18, 2023 (https://www.aviaryplatform.com). I wanted to start this exciting conversation and offer details about the upcoming migration. This integration is a powerful step in…
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OHMS Updates: Viewer version 3.6.3 / OHMS App version 3.0.1
We have launched a new development cycle for OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) that will have some minor and some major updates coming in the next few months. The first of the updates have been released. OHMS Viewer v 3.6.3 Improved footnote feature in the transcript view. Added search and hover features with footnotes. Disabled…
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OHMS and Omeka: The OHMS Plugin Suite
This post is about the Nunn Center’s release of the OHMS plugin suite for Omeka that integrates OHMS (the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) and Omeka in several powerful ways. But first, some historical context. A BIT OF HISTORY When I first designed OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) in 2008, I envisioned it working primarily for…
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Archives | Digital Tools | General | OHMS | Preservation | Software
Oral History Digital Toolbox: My Current Favorites
Here are some of my favorite digital tools that may prove useful for core aspects of the oral history process. I will be adding to this on a continuous basis, adding new tools and categories of tools periodically, so stay tuned. Many of these tools are tools we are actively using at the Louie B. Nunn…
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Using OHMS to Index Oral History: A Detailed Tutorial
I have been traveling around and talking a great deal, lately, about OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer). If you aren’t aware of OHMS, its a free, open source digital tool that improves the user experience for online oral history–connecting a textual search to the corresponding moment in your online audio or video interview. OHMS…
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Oral History: It’s the Moments that Matter
One of the most powerful things about archived oral histories is each recorded interview contains hundreds, if not thousands, of moments filled with meaningful content that possess near infinite potential for engaging future researchers in unforeseen ways. One of the great challenges to tapping this great potential has always been that of discovery and usability….
