Unlock the past with AI

“Historians of colonial Latin America don’t suffer from a lack of primary sources. Across archives in Europe and the Americas lie millions of pages documenting the colonial maritime routes known as...”

“Text recognition and AI are quickly becoming essential tools for historians, offering powerful ways to study, process, and access huge collections of archival material. To make sure the next...”

“Tibetan is one of the world’s major literary languages, with vast collections of philosophical, religious, historical, grammatical, and medical texts written in the language. It is also the language...”

“Maritime history is a field that explores humanity's relationship with the oceans, seas, and waterways of the world. While ships and naval battles are the focus of some maritime historians, others...”

“The early modern period marks the transition from the medieval world to the industrialised modern era. It laid the groundwork for many of today's societal and economic structures, such as...”

“Of all the world’s ancient cultures, it is perhaps Ancient Greece that has had the most enduring impact on Western civilisation. From philosophy and politics to drama and science, the texts produced...”

“The Spanish language is not only an important language in today's world, but it has also played a crucial role throughout history. From the early modern period to more recent times, Spanish was the...”

“Transkribus is used by researchers at institutions around the world. This is often done on a project-by-project basis, with scholars setting up their own accounts at the start of the project. But...”

“Over the centuries, people around the world have developed many different writing systems to communicate and preserve their knowledge. While around 293 writing systems are known to have existed,...”

“FromThePage has long championed the idea that public participation can profoundly enrich historical research. As one of the leading platforms for crowdsourced transcription, it is used by heritage...”