Transkribus
AI makes handwritten archival documents searchable and helps heritage institutions transcribe large collections faster.
About
Transkribus is a platform for the automatic recognition of historical handwriting, old printed works, and document structure. Archives and researchers train a model with corrected example pages and then use it for a first transcription of comparable documents. A systematic review concludes that the technology is increasingly being integrated into library and archive processes. The results must be verified: old script, damaged pages, and varying handwriting remain difficult.
AI factor
Tracing historical documents page by page requires years of specialist work. A recognition model produces an editable first transcription and a search layer; archivists and researchers correct errors and oversee the meaning and provenance of the source.
Sources
Inspiration sourced from AI For Good. Not an Arnaldus customer case.