Questions?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/log4j-zero-day-flaw-what-you-need-to-know-and-how-to-protect-yourself/

Is there a patch available or in process for this security risk? Any recommendations for what we should be doing to protect ourselves? Thanks!

Hello everyone,

I hope you all have a great day. 😄 

If you're doing video/audio transcription, we've got something just for you. Next year, we'll be releasing an AI-based Speech-To-Text service integrated tightly with XTRF. All you need to do is create a project, add a file, assign vendors and see the magic happen. Once the file is processed, your vendors get a link to the post-editor, allowing them to work on it in a familiar, segment-based environment. 

What you can see on the screenshot are alternating versions of the transcript for a particular segment. The vendor can start with the closest match, polish the rough edges, and move to the next one. Once they're done, the transcript is automatically uploaded as a job output to XTRF for further processing. 

This solution currently supports Smart Projects only. 

If you'd like to join the closed beta, please feel free to send me a message at bartosz.budzynski+stt@xtrf.eu. 

Hope to hear from you soon,

Bartosz Budzyński

Professional Services Director 

XTRF

Is it possible to auto delete projects? Currently our XTRF auto archives projects 90 days after project close. However, we have a client that requires us to delete the projects 30 days after close. We'd like to set up a periodic job that on a daily basis finds projects from that client that are older than 30 days and deletes them.

Is this possible? Thanks!

Quick question... I just saw the new XTRF Chat. Is this a new feature that is being rolled out, or is this a separate add on that has to be purchased?

https://xtrf.eu/product/chat/

Thanks!

We've made a bunch of updated to the documentation that we require from vendors in light of AB5 in California. Of course, the vendor portal isn't set up to collect this type of data so essentially we put it in the independent contractor agreement. It works, but that means we still have lots of manual data review and entry as we onboard new vendors. So, question....

How to others handle the need for additional documentation from vendors in light of AB5? We require documents showing that vendors can 'prove' they are freelancers or incorporated.

And for @XTRF, is there any plan to add features to the vendor portal to support AB5 documentation?

From one of my project managers...

1. Price Profiles on the payable window

ISSUE: If a vendor has multiple price profiles (for example, one regular profile and one discounted for a specific client), NO rate populates when you're entering payables (shows $0.00).

SUGGESTION: Add a dropdown list ON the payable window to select the applicable profile, and then the rate pops up.

TIME SAVINGS: When we add a payable and realize that the vendor has multiple profiles, We then have to open a new page, look up the vendor, go to the applicable price profile, find the rate for that language/service, then go back and manually enter the rate.

2. Uploading Translated Document should select target language (at least if there is only one)

ISSUE: When you add files, the source document shows up with the source language you have already selected for the project:

Great. But when you change it to Translated Document, why does the language change to "Any"? Why wouldn't it switch to the target language?

Only a slight annoyance but really frustrating when you're uploading entire batches and have to select the target language for EACH file.

3. Select all option for file uploads

Speaking of the above, it would be wonderful to have a "select all" option in the file upload box, for the same reason -- every time we upload a larger batch of files, we have to select the Category and Language for each file (10 files = 20 separate selections). Of course we zip files when possible, but it's not always possible when splitting up jobs/files among multiple vendors.

Could you please share how do you annul an invoice in the system? At the moment we can only delete it, but it creates misunderstandings with accounting.

Thank you! 

We have a few clients that asks us to give them quotes for projects over a 6-12 month timeline. So we create a large quote, they use that to create an internal PO. Then they start sending up small projects. 

We want to track the client spend against the quote to make sure they don't go over.

Issues...

1) We can't "accept" the quote because that's not really a project. So we end up rejecting it - although it's actually been approved.

2) This isn't a pre-pay situation, rather it's authorization, so pre-payment doesn't make sense.

3) Other than opening up a spreadsheet, we don't know how to track this spend. Is there a way to create credits of some type credits in XTRF?

Any thoughts on how others handle this situation?

Thanks!

I think I know the answer here, but I'll go ahead and try... we're playing around with the new adding links feature rather than adding files to XTRF.

Is there any way to add links to a project via API or is manual updates the only way?

It would be huge for us if you could add links via api. :)

I'm looking to create a view in projects to show only those projects without a deadline. I can view all projects and sort by the deadline so those without a deadline appear at the top of the list, but that doesn't meet my needs fully. 

Has anybody found a way to filter on the dates to show "no date"?