Transkribus: for research, teaching, resource building, and archive work

We have the pleasure to invite you to a 2-hour workshop introducing Transkribus - the most robust and comprehensive platform for AI-powered handwritten and printed text recognition, transcription, and editing. Our speakers will introduce the functionalities of the software and showcase some projects developed with its help at the University of Glasgow, the University of Edinburgh, and the National Library of Scotland. Transkribus is developed by a cooperative which has over 80 individual and institutional members from across Europe. The meeting will highlight the benefits of cooperative membership and give an opportunity to discuss the potential use of Transkribus at University of Glasgow for research, teaching, resource building, and archive work.

Speakers:

(University of Glasgow College of Arts)

(University of Edinburgh Library)

(University of Glasgow / National Library of Scotland / University of Edinburgh)

(University of Edinburgh Library)

Outline:

10:00 Introduction to the session (Joanna Kopaczyk and Alison Wiggins)

10:10-10:30 Introduction to Transkribus and its cooperative benefits (Joe Nockels)

10:30-10:50 What has already been done with Transkribus at Glasgow, the benefits and challenges (Luca Guariento)

10:50-11:20 The Edinburgh vision for Transkribus and a sample of one of the projects (Norman Rodger and Rachel Hosker)

11:20-12:00 Questions and discussion (tea, coffee, and biscuits provided)

Host or Publisher Textual Editing Lab (Arts Lab), University of Glasgow