[OpenGLAM] The READ project - revolutionising access to handwritten historical documents

Wed Jun 1 08:14:12 UTC 2016

*With apologies for cross-posting*

The Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents (READ) project is developing new technology to enable computers to recognise handwritten historical material.  With Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) technology, computers can process any kind of document - from the Middle Ages to the present day, from old Greek to modern English.  This research has huge and exciting implications for the accessibility of the written records of human history.  It allows users to search in the full-text of large historical collections and also to extract information such as person names or data stored in tables and forms.

Anyone interested in finding out more about the project can now consult presentations which were given by the READ partners at the co:op<http://coop-project.eu/> project's 'Technology meets Scholarship'<http://coop-project.eu/event/first-international-coop-convention/?instance_id=3167> conference.

Text transcripts and slides from the READ presentations are available here:

http://read.transkribus.eu/2016/03/31/presentations-from-the-read-partners-now-available/

Videos of the READ presentations can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLElrWLCQvZaRny2G_gXAINGpCtNrpPBBO

For an introduction to HTR technology, try watching Dr Roger Labahn (University of Rostock) on 'Handwritten Text Recognition.  Key Concepts':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLElrWLCQvZaRny2G_gXAINGpCtNrpPBBO&v=3d-Iru6qLRc

For more information visit:

READ website:http://read.transkribus.eu/<https://read.transkribus.eu/><http://read.transkribus.eu/>

Transkribus website: <https://transkribus.eu/> https://transkribus.eu<https://transkribus.eu/Transkribus/>

Transkribus github: https://github.com/Transkribus/

Or contact: email at transkribus.eu<mailto:email at transkribus.eu>

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Dr. Louise Seaward
Research Associate
Bentham Project, Faculty of Laws, University College London, Bidborough House, 38-50 Bidborough Street, London, WC1H 9BT
louise.seaward at ucl.ac.uk<mailto:louise.seaward at ucl.ac.uk>
020 3108 8397

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