News

July 6, 2017

News, Success stories, Transkribus

+ Keyword searching in Handwritten Text – new breakthrough with French medieval records

One of the READ project partners is helping to make keyword searching of handwritten documents a real possibility! The Pattern ...

June 30, 2017

HTR models, News, Success stories, Transkribus

+ Trolls and water spirits – transcribing Swedish folklore records with Handwritten Text Recognition

It’s time to hear about some remarkable new results with Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) technology – this time from the ...

June 28, 2017

Events, News, Transkribus

+ Next week! Panel on Handwritten Text Recognition for Medieval Documents at the International Medieval Congress

The excitement is building – it’s nearly time for this year’s International Medieval Congress in Leeds. The READ project will be ...

June 23, 2017

News, Transkribus

+ Venice Time Machine and READ – new article in Nature journal

Last week’s issue of Nature carried a fascinating article on the work of Venice Time Machine project at the Digital Humanities ...

June 21, 2017

Events, News

+ Heading to the IMC 2017? Come to our workshop on Handwritten Text Recognition!

If you’re headed to the International Medieval Congress this year, you might be interested to know that we are running ...

June 13, 2017

News, Success stories, Transkribus

+ Handwritten Text Recognition success with Italian documents from Archivio Storico Ricordi

The Archivio Storico Ricordi is one of the most important private music collections in the world and it has started to ...

June 9, 2017

News, Success stories, Transkribus

+ Latest success story! Medieval Handwriting and Handwritten Text Recognition

Two partners in the READ project network have now successfully trained a new model to recognise Gothic handwriting! The State ...

June 2, 2017

Events, News, Transkribus

+ Date for your diary! The first Transkribus User Conference comes to Vienna in November 2017

We’re delighted to announce that we will be organising a dedicated conference for Transkribus users this November. The Transkribus User ...

May 31, 2017

E-learning app, News

+ Coming soon! Teach yourself to read historical handwriting with our e-learning app

At the READ project, we are dedicated to using new technologies to make historical documents more accessible. Our latest forthcoming ...

May 18, 2017

Events, News

+ Algorithms, models and medieval documents – join us at the International Medieval Congress 2017

We are already getting excited for one of Europe’s biggest history conferences! The International Medieval Congress attracts medieval scholars from around ...

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News

+ Keyword searching in Handwritten Text – new breakthrough with French medieval records

+ Trolls and water spirits – transcribing Swedish folklore records with Handwritten Text Recognition

+ Next week! Panel on Handwritten Text Recognition for Medieval Documents at the International Medieval Congress

+ Venice Time Machine and READ – new article in Nature journal

+ Heading to the IMC 2017? Come to our workshop on Handwritten Text Recognition!

+ Handwritten Text Recognition success with Italian documents from Archivio Storico Ricordi

+ Latest success story! Medieval Handwriting and Handwritten Text Recognition

+ Date for your diary! The first Transkribus User Conference comes to Vienna in November 2017

+ Coming soon! Teach yourself to read historical handwriting with our e-learning app

+ Algorithms, models and medieval documents – join us at the International Medieval Congress 2017

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