Introduction to Transkribus

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Date(s)

Thursday, 15 May 20259:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Takes place online

Target audience

Researchers and staff at the University of Vienna who work with (manuscript) historical documents. The training is aimed at people who have never worked with Transkribus before. Advanced users can arrange individual training sessions at transkribus.ub@univie.ac.at.

Goals

Participants will get to know Transkribus and be able to assess whether and how the software can help them in their work with (handwritten) historical documents.
Participants will learn the steps involved in processing a document in Transkribus (import, layout recognition and correction, automatic text recognition, export).
Participants will be aware of the legal issues that need to be considered when working with Transkribus.

Content

Theoretical introduction to Transkribus
Practical exercise
- Navigation and user interface
- Creating and managing documents
- AI-based layout recognition and correction
- Manual transcription
- AI-based automatic text recognition
- Collaboration features
- Export to various formats
Transkribus services at the University of Vienna

Methods

presentation
live demonstration (screen sharing)
exercise
questions and answers

Teacher

Profile Profile

Additional information

For practical participation in the training course, it is recommended that participants create a (free) Transkribus account in advance.

Contact for content-related inquiries

Team Universitätsbibliothek PHAIDRA-Services

phaidra@univie.ac.at

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