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Digitizing heritage: use AI to read historical texts for beginners - Autumn edition

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Digitizing heritage: use AI to read historical texts for beginners - Autumn edition

Last modified on 18-10-2024 13:56
Are you having difficulty reading historical texts? Do you want to make hard-to-read documents searchable? Expand the scope of your research by learning how to use AI to make historical sources legible and searchable. During this introductory workshop, you will have the opportunity to become familiar with the AI tool by practicing on a selection of historical sources.
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Start date
13-11-2024 14:00
End date
13-11-2024 15:30
Location

P.C. Hoofthuis, room: PCH 6.31

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Joost Oosterhuis
Joost Oosterhuis

After completing this workshop, you are able to:

  • Read historical texts faster
  • Make difficult to read sources searchable
  • Increase the amount of useable sources

Important to know:

Please bring a laptop to the workshop so that you have the opportunity to practice with a selection of texts. Unfortunately, a tablet is not sufficient. Additionally, we ask you to create an account in advance for the AI application TranskribusExternal link.

JO
Joost OosterhuisWorkshop instructor

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