Use the instructions below as a guide for navigating the Hubstaff timer for your labeling tasks.

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Step 1: Create or join your Hubstaff account

Follow these steps to set up your Hubstaff account and install the desktop app.
  1. You should have received an email containing an invitation to Hubstaff. Click the link in the email to create your Hubstaff account (You can also set up your Hubstaff account via the onboarding checklist in your Alignerr app dashboard).
  2. If you already have a Hubstaff account, the Labelbox team will add you to our organization. You’ll receive an email inviting you to join the Alignerr organization in Hubstaff.

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Step 2: Install the Hubstaff desktop app

  1. Download and install the Hubstaff desktop app on your computer.
  2. Sign in using the credentials from the invitation email.

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Step 3: Open your project in Labelbox

  1. Go to your assigned project in Labelbox.
  2. Review the labeling instructions.
  3. In the project overview tab, click the Start timer button. This will open the Hubstaff browser extension (you will need to install the Hubstaff browser extension, if you haven’t already).
  4. In the pop-up window, select Always allow and click Open Hubstaff.
  5. When the Labelbox app has detected that the Hubstaff timer is enabled, you will be able to start labeling

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Step 4: Start labeling

  1. Click Start working to open the labeling task.

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Case 1: Labeling in an external platform

  1. When you click Start working, you may be directed to another platform to complete your labeling task.
  2. Labelbox will automatically detect that you have opened the labeling task and will start the Hubstaff timer.
  3. Complete the labeling tasks.
  4. When you are done labeling, return to the Labelbox app and click Stop timer.

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Case 2: Labeling in the Labelbox platform

  1. When you click Start working, you may be directed to the Labelbox editor to complete the Labeling task.
  2. Before you can begin labeling, you’ll be prompted to acknowledge that two timers are running (Labelbox & Hubstaff) and that all work will be paid according to the Labelbox timer.
  3. If the Hubstaff timer is not running, the submit button in the Labelbox app will be disabled. You will see a prompt asking you to confirm when the Hubstaff timer is enabled.
  4. Complete the labeling tasks.
  5. When you are done labeling, you do not need to explicitly start or stop any timer if you are labeling in the Labelbox editor. The app will start and stop your timer automatically.
  6. When you have completed the task, submit your work in the Labelbox editor.