"So far, staff members are spending more time checking the work of volunteers than they would have taken to do the transcriptions themselves, according to Mr. P

"So far, staff members are spending more time checking the work of volunteers than they would have taken to do the transcriptions themselves, according to Mr. Prickman." I find this hard to believe. You can eliminate the obviously wrong ones instantly. Just delete them. I feel a compelling need to know why they are wrong, too, but it just doesn't matter. (The picture given is a great example.) The rest, give a cursory glance and file it as provisionally okay. Shouldn't take more than a few seconds to verify each one this way. Certainly less time than typing it out, and MUCH less time than trying to decipher the whole thing perfectly. Then, either run a second and third round of crowdsourcing and use computers to determine the differences, or sit down and read them individually. (Or crowdsource that!) It will still have taken less time that typing it.