Editing captions
AdminCaptions, page text, and translations are all editable. Every change is saved with a reason and tracked in history, so you can see what changed and roll back if something was wrong.
Editing a caption
On any page, look for the Edit Caption button near the caption. It opens a form with the current title, the body text, and a small “reason” field.
Using person links
Wrap any name in double square brackets — [[Anna Reed]]
— to make it a link to that person’s profile. The book will
create the person automatically if they don’t exist yet. To link to an
existing person but show a different word, use [[Anna Reed|Mother]].
When you save, the book re-reads every [[Name]] link and
updates each person’s “Appears on” list automatically. You
don’t have to do any bookkeeping.
Editing the page text (transcript)
If the page has writing on it, there’s a second edit button labeled Edit Page Text. Use this to fix OCR mistakes — letters the computer read wrong, missed paragraph breaks, and so on.
If the page had a machine-translated English version, saving a new transcript throws the old translation away. You’ll see a Translate to English button afterward to regenerate it, or you can write the translation yourself.
Editing an English translation
For non-English pages, the book can hold both the original text and an English translation. Use Add English (or Edit English) to type or refine the translation. The original is shown beside it as you work.
Version history
Every edit is saved. Open a page’s History to see every past version of the caption, who changed it, when, and why. You can restore any past version with one click.
Resolving caption references
Sometimes an automated caption mentions a person the book can’t quite identify — say, “John’s sister” when several sisters are possible. When that happens, a small prompt appears asking you to pick the right person or create a new one. Do this when you have time; the caption still reads fine until you resolve it.
Where captions come from
When a new page is added, the AI writes a first draft of the caption using whatever it knows about the book, the people mentioned on nearby pages, and what it can tell from the photo. It’s a starting point — treat every caption as editable, not final.