The Swedish Lion I

Free Public AI Model for Handwritten Text Recognition with Transkribus

The Swedish Lion I

This Transkribus model has been trained using handwritten running texts in Swedish from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. It is the outcome of a collaborative effort involving the National Archives in both Sweden and Finland, in partnership with the Stockholm City Archives, Jämtlands läns fornskriftsällskap, citizen science volunteers, and researchers from Stockholm and Uppsala Universities.

Model Overview

Name:
The Swedish Lion I
Creator:
Transkribus Community
Model ID:
55158
Century:
17th, 18th, 19th
Languages:
Swedish
Script:
Latin alphabet
Engine:
PyLaia
Material:
Handwritten
CER on validation set:
4.00 %
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You can use this model to automatically transcribe Handwritten documents with Handwritten Text Recgnition in Transkribus. This model can be used in the Transkribus Expert Client as well as in Transkribus Lite.
This AI model was trained to automatically convert text from images of historical Latin alphabet documents into editable and searchable text.