*With apologies for cross-posting*

The Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents (READ) project is developing new technology to enable computers to recognise handwritten historical material. With Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) technology, computers can process any kind of document - from the Middle Ages to the present day, from old Greek to modern English. This research has huge and exciting implications for the accessibility of the written records of human history. It allows users to search in the full-text of large historical collections and also to extract information such as person names or data stored in tables and forms.

Anyone interested in finding out more about the project can now consult presentations which were given by the READ partners at the co:ophttp://coop-project.eu/ project's 'Technology meets Scholarship'http://coop-project.eu/event/first-international-coop-convention/?instance_id=3167 conference.

Text transcripts and slides from the READ presentations are available here: http://read.transkribus.eu/2016/03/31/presentations-from-the-read-partners-n...

Videos of the READ presentations can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLElrWLCQvZaRny2G_gXAINGpCtNrpPBBO

For an introduction to HTR technology, try watching Dr Roger Labahn (University of Rostock) on 'Handwritten Text Recognition. Key Concepts': https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLElrWLCQvZaRny2G_gXAINGpCtNrpPBBO&v=...

For more information visit: READ website:http://read.transkribus.eu/https://read.transkribus.eu/http://read.transkribus.eu/ Transkribus website: https://transkribus.eu/ https://transkribus.euhttps://transkribus.eu/Transkribus/ Transkribus github: https://github.com/Transkribus/ Or contact: email@transkribus.eumailto:email@transkribus.eu

---------------------------------------------------- Dr. Louise Seaward Research Associate Bentham Project, Faculty of Laws, University College London, Bidborough House, 38-50 Bidborough Street, London, WC1H 9BT louise.seaward@ucl.ac.ukmailto:louise.seaward@ucl.ac.uk 020 3108 8397