Artificial intelligence transforms discoverability of handwritten manuscripts.
Handwritten Text Recognition is going to transform scholarship and the types of questions researchers can ask. The technology has tremendous potential.
Dr Patrick Spero, Director, American Philosophical Society Library
Adam Matthew Digital is currently the only publisher to utilise artificial intelligence to offer Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) for its handwritten manuscript collections.
The HTR application takes advantage of the latest advances in neural networks and uses complex algorithms to determine probable combinations of characters to find the search term.
This enables relevant handwritten text to be identified at document level with automated searches deployed through the metadata, allowing users to easily navigate between highlighted search results.
Now available in Colonial America, East India Company and Medical Services and Warfare, HTR will be extended to Mass Observation Online during 2018.
Hear from scholars and librarians on the impact of HTR:
