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2. Mission

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Enrichment of Archival Data

2. Mission

• increase accessibility of archival documents
• revolutionise Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR)
• establish Virtual Research Environments (VRE)

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3. Target User Groups

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3. Target User Groups

• Memory Institutions

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3. Target User Groups

• Memory Institutions
• Archives
• Libraries
• Museums

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3. Target User Groups

• Memory Institutions
• Humanities Scholars
• Computer Scientists
• public users & volunteers (crowd-sourcing)

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4. Key Performance Indicators

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4. Key Performance Indicators

• publications
  15-25 scientific publications per year
• reference data
  3.000.000 images with at least 50.000 pages of reference data
• competitions
  organised at various conferences to measure progress of research

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5. Obligations

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5. Obligations

H2020 Grant Agreement

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5. Obligations

H2020 Grant Agreement

• publications
  OPEN ACCESS - scientific publications must be openly accessible online
• reference data
  OPEN ACCESS - generated data is to be stored in a repository and made accessible for third parties
• [software]
  OPEN SOURCE [e-Infrastructure call by the EU]

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6. Approaching Archival Documents

6. Approaching Archival Documents

Musical Instruments Museum Leipzig, Inv.: 926

6. Approaching Archival Documents

6. Approaching Archival Documents

Musical Instruments Museum Leipzig, Inv.: 793

Musical Instruments Museum Leipzig, Inv.: 926

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Enrichment of Archival Data

6. Approaching Archival Documents

• identifying documents

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Enrichment of Archival Data

6. Approaching Archival Documents

• identifying documents
• digitisation
• images identified:
  4356
• signatures identified:
  11722

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Enrichment of Archival Data

6. Approaching Archival Documents

• identifying documents
• digitisation

=> apply READ's tools

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7. Tools & Services

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Enrichment of Archival Data

7. Tools & Services

• Transkribus
  • text segmentation, automated transcriptions, writer hand retrieval
  • trainable software which is intended for unsupervised use

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7. Tools & Services

• Transkribus
• ScanREAD
  • utility app for digitisation of archival documents

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Enrichment of Archival Data

7. Tools & Services

• Transkribus
• ScanREAD
• e-Learning-App
  • software intended to help users decipher historical handwritings

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7. Tools & Services

Feel free to visit READ's web presences:

• READ platform:
  http://transkribus.eu/
• READ homepage:
  http://read.transkribus.eu/
• User Guide:
  http://transkribus.eu/wiki/