FromThePage is software for transcribing documents and collaborating on texts with others. Our platform allows people to see an image of a page and to transcribe the text from that page. We try to keep things as simple as possible, because frankly, transcribing text is hard enough. FromThePage is simple technology that lets people collaborate to produce usable data from historical texts. Volunteers contribute their passion and expertise; archives and libraries highlight their collections. The results are magical: discoveries about material; public awareness of historic reality, and better public access to records.