The Transkribus Editor.
Upload a document. AI reads the handwriting. You correct what needs correcting — and turn scans into searchable, structured, annotated text.
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This is an interactive preview built from a real 18th-century letter. Select text to tag named entities, click lines to highlight them on the image, drag the divider to resize, and edit the transcription directly.
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Addres to dear Isabella on the Authors
recovery
O Isa pain did visit me
I was at the last extremity
How often did I think of you
I wished your graceful form to view
To clasp you in my weak embrace
Indeed I thought Id run my race
Good Care Im sure was of me taken
But indeed I was much shaken
At last I daily strength did gainFind anything — even with historical spelling
Smart Search handles spelling variants, OCR errors, and abbreviations automatically. Type a name and find every occurrence across your collection — regardless of how it was spelled.
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