AI automatically recognizes handwriting
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With ARCHION, you can conveniently view digitized historic church records online while working with the sources directly in the viewer.
Historic church records are a valuable source for genealogy and historic research. Many entries were written by hand, however, and are not always easy to read at first sight. This is where integrated text recognition comes in: It transforms handwritten entries into easily readable machine text, thus helping you to understand contents faster and more conveniently.
In this way, text recognition opens up additional access to information in historic church records - directly in the viewer and without interrupting the familiar work process.
With text recognition on demand, you can send handwritten church book pages to be transcribed directly in the viewer.
Search and use already transcribed church records.
Selected church records are continuously transcribed. Available transcriptions can be found through the place search and used directly for your research.
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No transcription available yet? Start one directly in the viewer.
Send individual church record pages for on-demand transcription. Within minutes, the recognized text is available directly in the viewer.
How it works
Text recognition helps you to better read handwritten entries in the viewer. Transcriptions are generated based on AI and may contain errors. Thus, it is recommended to always compare the results to the original. The quality of text recognition depends, among other things, on the handwriting, the original text, and the quality of the scan.
Archion uses an AI-model of the platform Transkribus for text recognition. It utilizes a standardized model for all images that is tailored to historic handwritings.
The transcriptions are considered as support while reading and as an additional aid to understanding. Subsequent correction of individual AI-results by users or Archion is not intended.
By means of text recognition, Archion extends your access to historic church records by a convenient new function. It supports you right in the viewer when reading handwritten entries while simultaneously creating the basis for further developments such as future search options.
In this way, working with historic sources becomes more convenient and flexible step by step.
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