Part of the Knowledge Futures project

Building on last year’s Unlocking Archive with AI workshop, this year-long working group will use an AI-based technology known as handwritten text recognition (HTR) to train algorithms to “read” and transcribe documents written in regional languages such as Arabic. We envision the working group as a collaborative effort to research, share knowledge and data, and push the boundaries of how we understand and engage with historical and cultural heritage texts using AI. For this work, our platform of choice will be Transkribus. Participants in the working group do not need to have any particular technical skills, but they should be willing to do some typing, to contribute possible sources with which we can work, and to work collaboratively with other interested scholars. All levels are welcome. 

In Person (NYUAD Campus)

The working group is open to the NYUAD community and by invitation. Please register below.