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The AI-powered platform for unlocking history.
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A total of 150 million document images have already been processed in Transkribus!
Stacked on top of each other, they would form an impressive 15-kilometre-high tower—almost double the height of Mount Everest. 🏔️
Stacked on top of each other, they would form an impressive 15-kilometre-high tower—almost double the height of Mount Everest. 🏔️
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A total of 150 million document images have already been processed in Transkribus!
Stacked on top of each other, they would form an impressive 15-kilometre-high tower—almost double the height of Mount Everest. 🏔️
Stacked on top of each other, they would form an impressive 15-kilometre-high tower—almost double the height of Mount Everest. 🏔️
Ready to get hands-on with Transkribus? We've scheduled a series of free webinars to show you best practices for using Transkribus.
Find out more and register: www.transkribus.org/events
Find out more and register: www.transkribus.org/events
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Ready to get hands-on with Transkribus? We've scheduled a series of free webinars to show you best practices for using Transkribus.
Find out more and register: www.transkribus.org/events
Find out more and register: www.transkribus.org/events
#Onthisday in 1897, Dr. Thomas Elkins secured a patent for his improved 'refrigerating apparatus', bringing us one step closer to our current household staple. While not the only way of cooling "articles liable to decay", Elkins’ invention was considered an improvement on other existing techniques.
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#Onthisday in 1897, Dr. Thomas Elkins secured a patent for his improved 'refrigerating apparatus', bringing us one step closer to our current household staple. While not the only way of cooling "articles liable to decay", Elkins’ invention was considered an improvement on other existing techniques.
A packed room today at #ICABarcelona2025!
We just wrapped up our session on "Using Transkribus & AI to Transform Finding Aids into Searchable Data" and are excited for more great conversations and connections over the next few days.
We just wrapped up our session on "Using Transkribus & AI to Transform Finding Aids into Searchable Data" and are excited for more great conversations and connections over the next few days.
October 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A packed room today at #ICABarcelona2025!
We just wrapped up our session on "Using Transkribus & AI to Transform Finding Aids into Searchable Data" and are excited for more great conversations and connections over the next few days.
We just wrapped up our session on "Using Transkribus & AI to Transform Finding Aids into Searchable Data" and are excited for more great conversations and connections over the next few days.
Closing a project? You can now easily delete your own account right in the settings.
But remember: there’s no need to delete if you plan to return! You can simply downgrade your plan to a free tier, or change the email address associated with your user. 💡
But remember: there’s no need to delete if you plan to return! You can simply downgrade your plan to a free tier, or change the email address associated with your user. 💡
October 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Closing a project? You can now easily delete your own account right in the settings.
But remember: there’s no need to delete if you plan to return! You can simply downgrade your plan to a free tier, or change the email address associated with your user. 💡
But remember: there’s no need to delete if you plan to return! You can simply downgrade your plan to a free tier, or change the email address associated with your user. 💡
New to Transkribus? Then our upcoming Beginners' Webinars are just what you need.
Tues 21 Oct: Webinar for Beginners in English
Wed 22 Oct: Grundlagen Webinar auf Deutsch
Both sessions start at 17.00 CET. Register at www.transkribus.org/events
Tues 21 Oct: Webinar for Beginners in English
Wed 22 Oct: Grundlagen Webinar auf Deutsch
Both sessions start at 17.00 CET. Register at www.transkribus.org/events
October 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
New to Transkribus? Then our upcoming Beginners' Webinars are just what you need.
Tues 21 Oct: Webinar for Beginners in English
Wed 22 Oct: Grundlagen Webinar auf Deutsch
Both sessions start at 17.00 CET. Register at www.transkribus.org/events
Tues 21 Oct: Webinar for Beginners in English
Wed 22 Oct: Grundlagen Webinar auf Deutsch
Both sessions start at 17.00 CET. Register at www.transkribus.org/events
This week, we're at #Archivistica, one of the largest European trade fairs for archives.
Come join board members Andy Stauder and Michaela Prien, and Transkribus team member Helene Prokop, at booth number 6 for platform demonstrations, help with your project, and the chance to win a ScanTent 🤓
Come join board members Andy Stauder and Michaela Prien, and Transkribus team member Helene Prokop, at booth number 6 for platform demonstrations, help with your project, and the chance to win a ScanTent 🤓
October 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This week, we're at #Archivistica, one of the largest European trade fairs for archives.
Come join board members Andy Stauder and Michaela Prien, and Transkribus team member Helene Prokop, at booth number 6 for platform demonstrations, help with your project, and the chance to win a ScanTent 🤓
Come join board members Andy Stauder and Michaela Prien, and Transkribus team member Helene Prokop, at booth number 6 for platform demonstrations, help with your project, and the chance to win a ScanTent 🤓
Fall is here, the leaves are turning, and Transkribus decided it’s time for a little wardrobe change.
New look, same great functionality! 🍁💻
New look, same great functionality! 🍁💻
September 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Fall is here, the leaves are turning, and Transkribus decided it’s time for a little wardrobe change.
New look, same great functionality! 🍁💻
New look, same great functionality! 🍁💻
The Netherlands are renowned for their well-kept archives and Noord-Hollands Archief @nharchief.bsky.social is no exception.
You can also now discover thousands of the NHA's documents online, via their Transkribus Site: app.transkribus.org/en/sites/noo...
You can also now discover thousands of the NHA's documents online, via their Transkribus Site: app.transkribus.org/en/sites/noo...
September 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The Netherlands are renowned for their well-kept archives and Noord-Hollands Archief @nharchief.bsky.social is no exception.
You can also now discover thousands of the NHA's documents online, via their Transkribus Site: app.transkribus.org/en/sites/noo...
You can also now discover thousands of the NHA's documents online, via their Transkribus Site: app.transkribus.org/en/sites/noo...
#OnThisDay in 1755, the infamous womaniser Giacomo Casanova was imprisoned for "affront to religion and common decency".
You can read about it in his memoirs, available in the digital holdings of the BnF: archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/c...
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
You can read about it in his memoirs, available in the digital holdings of the BnF: archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/c...
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#OnThisDay in 1755, the infamous womaniser Giacomo Casanova was imprisoned for "affront to religion and common decency".
You can read about it in his memoirs, available in the digital holdings of the BnF: archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/c...
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
You can read about it in his memoirs, available in the digital holdings of the BnF: archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/c...
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
That's right. All data uploaded to Transkribus is stored safely on our servers in Austria in accordance with European GDPR regulations.
It is not shared with anyone else and you retain full ownership and all rights to your data.
Read more 👉 legal.transkribus.org/privacy
It is not shared with anyone else and you retain full ownership and all rights to your data.
Read more 👉 legal.transkribus.org/privacy
September 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
That's right. All data uploaded to Transkribus is stored safely on our servers in Austria in accordance with European GDPR regulations.
It is not shared with anyone else and you retain full ownership and all rights to your data.
Read more 👉 legal.transkribus.org/privacy
It is not shared with anyone else and you retain full ownership and all rights to your data.
Read more 👉 legal.transkribus.org/privacy
Newspapers can be one of the trickier documents to process with AI.
Don't struggle in silence, read this article on our Help Center instead 👇
help.transkribus.org/newspapers-l...
Don't struggle in silence, read this article on our Help Center instead 👇
help.transkribus.org/newspapers-l...
September 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Newspapers can be one of the trickier documents to process with AI.
Don't struggle in silence, read this article on our Help Center instead 👇
help.transkribus.org/newspapers-l...
Don't struggle in silence, read this article on our Help Center instead 👇
help.transkribus.org/newspapers-l...
This week, we're in Vienna for the Digitise.Transform.Inspire workshop — a joint initiative between the ICA, ICARUS, FamilySearch, and READ-COOP which aims to transform the future of archives through digital innovation.
Here's what we've been up to 👇
Here's what we've been up to 👇
September 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This week, we're in Vienna for the Digitise.Transform.Inspire workshop — a joint initiative between the ICA, ICARUS, FamilySearch, and READ-COOP which aims to transform the future of archives through digital innovation.
Here's what we've been up to 👇
Here's what we've been up to 👇
Is this our youngest author on Transkribus Sites?
Scottish writer Marjory Fleming was just seven years old when she starting writing her diary, which became popular in the late Victorian period.
You can read the diary in full on Transkribus Sites 👇
app.transkribus.org/en/sites/mar...
Scottish writer Marjory Fleming was just seven years old when she starting writing her diary, which became popular in the late Victorian period.
You can read the diary in full on Transkribus Sites 👇
app.transkribus.org/en/sites/mar...
August 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Is this our youngest author on Transkribus Sites?
Scottish writer Marjory Fleming was just seven years old when she starting writing her diary, which became popular in the late Victorian period.
You can read the diary in full on Transkribus Sites 👇
app.transkribus.org/en/sites/mar...
Scottish writer Marjory Fleming was just seven years old when she starting writing her diary, which became popular in the late Victorian period.
You can read the diary in full on Transkribus Sites 👇
app.transkribus.org/en/sites/mar...
The handwritten notes in the margins often contain vital information for understanding the context of a document, and the private views of the person writing it.
Or at the very least, they tell us which way the bathhouses are!
Or at the very least, they tell us which way the bathhouses are!
August 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The handwritten notes in the margins often contain vital information for understanding the context of a document, and the private views of the person writing it.
Or at the very least, they tell us which way the bathhouses are!
Or at the very least, they tell us which way the bathhouses are!
#OnThisDay in 1897, German chemist Felix Hoffmann performed the first synthesis of a stable compound of acetylsalicylic acid, better known as Aspirin.
Page 44 of his laboratory journal, held by the Bayer company archives, contains the protocol of the milestone experiment.
Page 44 of his laboratory journal, held by the Bayer company archives, contains the protocol of the milestone experiment.
August 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#OnThisDay in 1897, German chemist Felix Hoffmann performed the first synthesis of a stable compound of acetylsalicylic acid, better known as Aspirin.
Page 44 of his laboratory journal, held by the Bayer company archives, contains the protocol of the milestone experiment.
Page 44 of his laboratory journal, held by the Bayer company archives, contains the protocol of the milestone experiment.
Want a sneak peek at upcoming Transkribus features ?
Then head to beta.transkribus.org and try out the Beta version of our app, where we test all our upcoming features, such as this brand new layout 👇
Then head to beta.transkribus.org and try out the Beta version of our app, where we test all our upcoming features, such as this brand new layout 👇
July 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Want a sneak peek at upcoming Transkribus features ?
Then head to beta.transkribus.org and try out the Beta version of our app, where we test all our upcoming features, such as this brand new layout 👇
Then head to beta.transkribus.org and try out the Beta version of our app, where we test all our upcoming features, such as this brand new layout 👇
Looking for new ways to escape the heat?
How about some 17th-century ice cream, from a recipe by Lady Ann Fanshawe, held by @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
© Ice Cream recipe by Lady Ann Fanshawe, 1651-1707. Wellcome Library, London
How about some 17th-century ice cream, from a recipe by Lady Ann Fanshawe, held by @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
© Ice Cream recipe by Lady Ann Fanshawe, 1651-1707. Wellcome Library, London
July 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Looking for new ways to escape the heat?
How about some 17th-century ice cream, from a recipe by Lady Ann Fanshawe, held by @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
© Ice Cream recipe by Lady Ann Fanshawe, 1651-1707. Wellcome Library, London
How about some 17th-century ice cream, from a recipe by Lady Ann Fanshawe, held by @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
© Ice Cream recipe by Lady Ann Fanshawe, 1651-1707. Wellcome Library, London
Want to find models on our new Public AI Models Hub, for example, for handwritten Swedish?
This video shows you how 👇
(And you can check out the Hub here 👉 app.transkribus.org/models/public )
This video shows you how 👇
(And you can check out the Hub here 👉 app.transkribus.org/models/public )
July 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Want to find models on our new Public AI Models Hub, for example, for handwritten Swedish?
This video shows you how 👇
(And you can check out the Hub here 👉 app.transkribus.org/models/public )
This video shows you how 👇
(And you can check out the Hub here 👉 app.transkribus.org/models/public )
#OnThisDay in 1553, Lady Jane Grey became Queen of England. Her reign would last only 9 days, before she was ousted by her cousin, Mary Tudor.
This letter, from the holdings of @innertemplelibrary.bsky.social, is one of the few Jane wrote during her short reign.
This letter, from the holdings of @innertemplelibrary.bsky.social, is one of the few Jane wrote during her short reign.
July 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
#OnThisDay in 1553, Lady Jane Grey became Queen of England. Her reign would last only 9 days, before she was ousted by her cousin, Mary Tudor.
This letter, from the holdings of @innertemplelibrary.bsky.social, is one of the few Jane wrote during her short reign.
This letter, from the holdings of @innertemplelibrary.bsky.social, is one of the few Jane wrote during her short reign.
#OnThisDay in 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed by US president Lyndon B. Johnson. It was a landmark piece of legislation, aimed at ending discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin.
The original document is now held by the LBJ Library in Texas @lbjlibrary.bsky.social
The original document is now held by the LBJ Library in Texas @lbjlibrary.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#OnThisDay in 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed by US president Lyndon B. Johnson. It was a landmark piece of legislation, aimed at ending discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin.
The original document is now held by the LBJ Library in Texas @lbjlibrary.bsky.social
The original document is now held by the LBJ Library in Texas @lbjlibrary.bsky.social
Our new Public AI Model Hub is here 🥳
Now everyone, including non-Transkribus users, can view all our public models in one place and filter by language, century, or keyword.
Try it out: app.transkribus.org/models/public
Now everyone, including non-Transkribus users, can view all our public models in one place and filter by language, century, or keyword.
Try it out: app.transkribus.org/models/public
June 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Our new Public AI Model Hub is here 🥳
Now everyone, including non-Transkribus users, can view all our public models in one place and filter by language, century, or keyword.
Try it out: app.transkribus.org/models/public
Now everyone, including non-Transkribus users, can view all our public models in one place and filter by language, century, or keyword.
Try it out: app.transkribus.org/models/public
The Club Andino Bariloche has been promoting mountain sports and activities in Argentina since 1931.
In a joint project with @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social, they recently digitised their archive and published everything on Transkribus Sites.
You can take a look here: bit.ly/451kIIa
In a joint project with @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social, they recently digitised their archive and published everything on Transkribus Sites.
You can take a look here: bit.ly/451kIIa
June 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The Club Andino Bariloche has been promoting mountain sports and activities in Argentina since 1931.
In a joint project with @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social, they recently digitised their archive and published everything on Transkribus Sites.
You can take a look here: bit.ly/451kIIa
In a joint project with @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social, they recently digitised their archive and published everything on Transkribus Sites.
You can take a look here: bit.ly/451kIIa
Our Spanish Sage Super Model might be the mightiest Spanish model out there 💪
Trained on 12 million words from various historical periods and geographical regions, it can produce high-quality transcriptions of Spanish-language documents at the click of a button.
Check it out here: bit.ly/44ZAnrp
Trained on 12 million words from various historical periods and geographical regions, it can produce high-quality transcriptions of Spanish-language documents at the click of a button.
Check it out here: bit.ly/44ZAnrp
June 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Our Spanish Sage Super Model might be the mightiest Spanish model out there 💪
Trained on 12 million words from various historical periods and geographical regions, it can produce high-quality transcriptions of Spanish-language documents at the click of a button.
Check it out here: bit.ly/44ZAnrp
Trained on 12 million words from various historical periods and geographical regions, it can produce high-quality transcriptions of Spanish-language documents at the click of a button.
Check it out here: bit.ly/44ZAnrp
2/3: Álvaro Cuéllar and his colleagues at @uab.cat conducted an experiment with 40 works written by Spanish playwright Lope de Vega and 200 by other hands, to see if they could train neural networks to detect the author of a document just from the handwriting.
June 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
2/3: Álvaro Cuéllar and his colleagues at @uab.cat conducted an experiment with 40 works written by Spanish playwright Lope de Vega and 200 by other hands, to see if they could train neural networks to detect the author of a document just from the handwriting.