New Mechanical Turk Categorization App
Categorization is one of the more popular use cases for the Amazon Mechanical Turk. A categorization HIT (Human Intelligence Task) asks the Worker to select from a list of options. Our customers use HITs of this type to assign product categories, match URLs to business listings, and to discriminate between line art and photographs.
Using our new Categorization App, you can start categorizing your own items or data in minutes, eliminating the learning curve that has traditionally accompanied this type of activity. The app includes everything that you need to be successful including:
- Predefined HITs (no HTML editing required).
- Pre-qualified Master Workers (see Jinesh’s previous blog post on Mechanical Turk Masters).
- Price recommendations based on complexity and comparable HITs.
- Analysis tools.
The Categorization App guides you through the four simple steps that are needed to create your categorization project.
I thought the contrast between gamers (the GPU post) and MTurkers would be a nice to close the day. 😉
Although, there are efforts to create games where useful activity happens, whether intended or not. (Would that take some of the joy out of a game?)
If you use this particular app, please blog or post a note about your experieince.
Thanks!