The new functionality is designed to enhance the depth and breadth of Image Keyworders controlled vocabulary, which comes bundled with the software and is one of its most valuable features. Image Keyworders controlled vocabulary is already over 40,000 terms strong, including synonyms, alternate forms, spelling variations and singulars and plurals.
We are aware that one of Image Keyworders greatest strengths is its controlled vocabulary, said Yvan Cohen, a Director at OnAsia, the company which developed the software.
We have a team of people who are working to expand and enrich the thesaurus, but users occasionally still find a gap in our coverage especially if the terms they wish to add are specialised. With our new suggest function they can send their suggestions directly to our team for review, he added.
Accessible as a button on the toolbar at the top of Image Keyworders workscreen, users can add lists of terms that they would like to suggest for inclusion in the controlled vocabulary accompanied by notes as to their meaning and relevance. They are also able to see if the term has been accepted or declined and any relevant comments from Image Keyworders in-house team.
Image Keyworder has been developed in close collaboration between OnAsias IT and keywording teams who have considerable experience and understanding of the challenges involved in indexing and keywording large volumes of imagery. The software is an ongoing collaborative development effort aimed at taking the pain out of keywording and making it more efficient, said Mr Cohen. We believe that our first hand knowledge of keywording and image management has helped make Image Keyworder a more effective tool.
One of the most comprehensive and competitively priced keywording programs on the market, Image Keyworders controlled vocabulary means that, with a single click, users can
add several relevant terms to an image. The structure and depth of a controlled vocabulary help make an otherwise random and error-prone process more efficient.
Having grown out of OnAsias experience as a professional keywording service, Image Keyworder also offers users a number of features aimed at combining comprehensive keywording with productivity. Groups of images can be processed in batches, templates can be created and saved for repeat image types and keywords can be selectively added and removed from sets of images.
Image Keyworder can be downloaded for a free 30-day trial from www.imagekeyworder.com. The trial includes full functionality and access to Image Keyworders comprehensive built-in thesaurus.
An Image Keyworder license for two computers costs just US$ 79.99 including a 12-month thesaurus subscription valued at US$ 39.99.
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