ACDH-CH Tool Gallery 11.2
Transkribus for Beginners
When: Wednesday, April 30, 2025; 11:00 -16:00
Where: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
Sitzungssaal, 1st floor
Registration: Due to limited room capacity, please register in advance. Please note that the maximum number of participants is 20.
Language: German
Transkribus is one of the most popular tools for the automated transcription of manuscripts and prints. Developed at the University of Innsbruck, users can draw on various tools and support from the community, which now numbers well over 100,000 users and is constantly publishing new models, thus making accessible and re-usable research available in the spirit of Open Science. In this Tool Gallery, you will learn how to use Transkribus in order to be able to use the possibility of automated text transcription for your documents.
Prerequisits and Background Skills
The workshop will be divided into two sessions:
- From 11am to 1.30pm, a general introduction into the world of Transkribus and the web application will take place. No previous experience is required for this part, which is aimed at beginners.
- In the afternoon (14:00-16:00) there will be a presentation of various Transkribus tools (in particular model training and application) for which the Transkribus basics taught in the morning or appropriate prior knowledge is required.
When registering, please indicate whether you wish to attend both or only one session of the workshop. Kindly note that the workshop is not suitable for advanced Transkribus users. This events is not only aimed at digital humanists, those interested in fields such as local history, family history, history and document research are also cordially invited.
Please create a free account HERE on the Read Coop SCE website before the workshop (if you do not already have one). This account is a prerequisite for using the Transkribus application. If you are an ÖAW employee, you should use your institutional email address to register.
Please bring a laptop with internet access and a web browser installed. You will need WLAN to access the ÖAW network. ACDH-CH provides guest access for external participants.
Lecturer
Robert Klugseder is historian and Transkribus-specialist at the ACDH-CH, he has a wide range of practical experience from using the Transkribus tools for editing historical sources from the Middle Ages to modern times. Klugseder is a lecturer for Read Coop SCE, the operator of Transkribus, and regularly offers workshops and courses on the subject.
Further information on the event and contact details can be found on the ACDH-CH website:
ACDH-CH Tool Gallery 11.2 - Transkribus für Anfänger:innen