READ

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The Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents (READ) project is focused on making archival material more accessible through the use of cutting-edge technologies. Building on research undertaken by the tranScriptorium project (http://transcriptorium.eu/), the READ project will set new standards in Handwritten Text Recognition, Key Word Spotting, Layout Analysis, Automatic Writer Identification and related fields.

The core objective of READ is to provide a service platform (http://transkribus.eu) for the automated recognition, transcription and searching of historical documents. Training computers to read handwritten text in this way promises to revolutionise access to the written records of our history.

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Partners

University of Innsbruck
Universitat Politècnica de Valencia
University College London
National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”
University of London Computer Centre
Vienna University of Technology
University of Rostock
Leipzig University
Xerox Research Centre Europe
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
National Archives Finland
Zurich State Archives
Passau Diocesan Archives

Funders

European Commission Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme