Transkribus - Handwritten Text Recognition for Premodern Documents (SIMS 2020 Lightning Talk)

Transkribus is a platform for text recognition and can be used via the Transkribus Expert Software (available after registration: transkribus.eu). Through Transkribus different tools for document analysis and text recognition can be directly applied. The intro demonstrates very briefly how Transkribus can help with regards to premodern documents especially since a variety of pre-trained models are already available: for Latin (prints and handwriting), for early modern vernaculars in French, Dutch, English, and German. For more information go to transkribus.eu.

Presented as a Schoenberg Symposium 2020 Lightning Talk