Add tag to text

Use tags to tag the entire text. Tags are predefined and are the same as classes. So, if your project has 3 classes, such as car, pedestrian, and tree, then the tags that'll appear in the texts of that project will be car, pedestrian, and tree.

To add a tag to a text:

  1. Go to the right panel of the Text Editor.
  2. In the Tags tab, select the tag you want to add.
  3. If the tag has attributes, select the down arrow to see all the attributes and select them (optional). If it’s a numeric attribute, type a number. If it’s a text attribute, type a text.

You can also apply a tag to a text with keyboard shortcuts. Each tag is assigned a number. When you press that number on the keyboard, the tag will be applied to the item.

Remove tag from text

To remove a tag from a text:

  1. In the top panel of the Text Editor, click Tags/Free Text.
  2. In the Tags tab, deselect the tag you want to remove.
  3. Another method is pressing the tag’s shortcut on the keyboard.

Add free text tag to text

The Free Text tool is a box where you can type a text. Use the Free Text tool if the tags aren't enough to describe the text.

To add a free text tag:

  1. In the right panel, click Text Input.
  2. Type a text in the text box. Your changes will be saved automatically.

Remove free text tag from text

To remove a free text tag:

  1. In the right panel, click Text Input.
  2. Remove the text. Your changes will be saved automatically.

Approve/disapprove text

To approve or disapprove a text:

  1. Open the text in the Text Editor.
  2. Select the thumbs up button to approve the text (or press Ctrl + Shift + ↑ on the keyboard) or the thumbs down button to disapprove the text (or press Ctrl + Shift + ↓ on the keyboard).

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Only Team Admins, Team Owners, and Project Admins can approve or disapprove items.

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  • Once you change an item’s approval status, it'll be indicated by a green thumbs-up or a red thumbs-down.
  • Approving or disapproving a text doesn't change its status. A text can be approved and still be in progress.
  • Clicking the button again will remove the status from the item.

Switch to another text

To switch to the previous text, press the key on the keyboard.

To switch to the next text, press the key on the keyboard.

To switch to another text from the editor:

  1. In the left corner of the top panel, select the drop down list.
  2. Select the text you want to go to.

Text status

To change the status of a text, click one of the following buttons in the top right panel of the Text Editor:

  • Complete: To complete a text.
  • Quality check: To send a text to the QA.
  • Return: To return a text to the Annotator.
  • Skip: To skip a text because it's not useful to your model or because it doesn't contain the classes you want.

The table below shows the status buttons that are available or unavailable to each project contributor role.

Status buttonProject AdminAnnotator (can complete document)Annotator (can't complete document)QA
Complete:white-check-mark::white-check-mark::x::white-check-mark:
Quality check:white-check-mark::white-check-mark::white-check-mark::x:
Return:white-check-mark::x::x::white-check-mark:
Skip:white-check-mark::white-check-mark::white-check-mark::white-check-mark:

Text information

When you click on the item dropdown menu, you can see all the items in the project. When you hover over the information icon, you can see the following:

  • Item name (which you can copy).
  • Name of the project to which the item belongs .
  • Name of the folder where the item is located. If the item is in the root, then the name of the folder would be Root.
  • Assigned QA. If the item doesn’t have an assigned QA, then the name would be Unassigned.
  • Assigned Annotator. If the item doesn’t have an assigned Annotator, then the name would be Unassigned.