Exploring the (Digital) World of Ottoman Turkish Texts: The Digital Ottoman Corpora
It is fascinating to see how Ottoman Turkish texts are transcribed with the help of artificial intelligence (AI)-operated tools, such as Handwritten…
Tag: Digital Humanities
At the Dawn of Digital Studies on Arabic Script in France
As Dominique Stutzmann points out in an article for the renowned French media outlet L’Histoire in 2017, paleography has undergone…
Using TEI to study Edward Sylvester Morse’s Japan Diaries in the Peabody Essex Museum Collection (Part 1)
TEI (text-encoding initiative) is a digital humanities method that enriches plain text transcriptions using .xml tags. It is most commonly…
Collating Greek Manuscripts
Introduction In my last post, I explored tools in a software package called Criticus that helps move from transcription to…
Komonjo Camera, the AI App for Reading Cursive Japanese Characters
Overview In June 2023, TOPPAN Corporation released an application for iOS, the Komonjo Camera 古文書カメラ. This was followed by an…
NLP Tools for Sinology: Introducing the WYD Platform
This entry introduces a platform that utilizes Machine Learning (ML) algorithms from the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to…
Exploring Digitized Cultural Heritage Through Search Culture
Introduction As the digitization of cultural heritage progresses on both a local and a global level, the importance of digital…
Video Games and the Humanities: A Call for Scholarly Games
Last spring I wrote a post on why video games should be considered valued tools for teaching non-Western narratives of…
Japan’s Imperial Household Agency: The Archives and Mausolea Department Catalog and Image Disclosure System
Overview The Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo is an administrative body under the Cabinet Office for affairs relating to the…
Criticus: A tool to move from transcription to collation
Introduction In my last few posts, I explored how Python could be used to do some codicological analysis of manuscripts…