The Digitization of a Large Latin-Chinese Dictionary
This is a guest post by Christopher Francese, Asbury J. Clarke Professor of Classical Studies, Dickinson College francese@dickinson.edu In 2016…
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Notes from the Field: Digital Humanities at #DAVO2023
The 29th International Congress of Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient (DAVO) took place in cooperation with the “Turkologentag 2023 — Fourth…
Uncovering Hidden Histories of Artifacts with Arches Platform: A Case Study of Persian Architectural Fragments
Museums and collections of Islamic art around the world have dedicated a substantial part of their efforts and fundings to…
Transkribus in the Classroom
While others have discussed the possibilities in utilizing Transkribus and other HTR resources in research, I want to briefly discuss…
Train Your Own OCR/HTR Models with Kraken, part 2
Learn about Kraken’s segmentation model and the process of training our own custom segmentation models for layout analysis tasks.
Current approaches on Automatic Recognition of Ethiopic script
The script used by the Christian cultures of Ethiopia is ancient, developing from the Sabaean script in the first centuries…
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The Digital Cold War and Decolonization: Archives, Methods, and Tools
Introduction Up until a few years ago, the history of the Cold War was dominated by interpretations that focused solely…
Quantitative Scholarship as “Low Tech” Digital Humanities
This is a guest post by Ruth Mostern, University of Pittsburgh@ruthmostern Like all terms for disciplines and methodologies, the digital…
Transforming the way we interact with digital (text) collections with IIIF
If you are interested in digital humanities, cultural heritage, or any field that involves working with images and audio/visual materials…
Train Your Own OCR/HTR Models with Kraken, part 1
How to train custom OCR/HTR models in Kraken