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For Businesses & API Partners

Power your product with AI text recognition.

Whether you run a scanning firm, build document processing software, or offer digitization services — the Transkribus API gives you production-ready handwriting and text recognition. Integrate in hours, scale to millions of pages.

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Used by Archion, FromThePage, Wikimedia, and digitization partners worldwide

200M+Pages processed through the platform
95%+Accuracy on trained models
REST APIProduction-ready Transkribus API
EU-hostedGDPR-compliant infrastructure

Trusted by technology and digitization partners

Built for your business workflow

From API integration to full-service digitization — Transkribus fits into your existing pipeline.

API Integration

The Transkribus REST API lets you send images and receive structured text. Archion built on-demand transcription directly into their church records viewer — your product can do the same.

Scanning & Digitization Firms

Process client projects at scale. Batch-upload scans, run AI recognition, refine results in the visual editor, and deliver searchable text — faster and cheaper than manual transcription.

Custom Model Training

Start with our Super Models for strong out-of-the-box accuracy, then train custom AI models on your clients' specific documents. Models improve with more data and can be reused across projects.

Structured Data Extraction

Table recognition, field extraction, and information extraction — pull structured data from handwritten forms, ledgers, and registers.

White-Label Publishing

Process scans, recognise text, and deliver the finished collection as a searchable website — all within Transkribus. Sites handles hosting, full-text search, and branding. No web development needed.

Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure

EU-hosted cloud or on-premises deployment (coming soon). GDPR-compliant infrastructure with volume pricing, dedicated support, and SLA options.

FromThePage: AI-assisted crowdsourcing via API

FromThePage integrated the Transkribus API to add an "AI Assist" feature to their crowdsourcing platform. Volunteers now see AI-generated transcriptions overlaid on document images — making it faster to transcribe difficult handwriting while keeping humans in the loop. Used by Harvard, Stanford, the British Library, and dozens of heritage institutions.
API integration completed in weeks
AI pre-transcription speeds up volunteer work
Used by major research institutions worldwide
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FromThePage AI Assist powered by Transkribus API

Wikimedia: AI text recognition for Wikisource

Since 2023, Transkribus is a text recognition engine on Wikisource — enabling volunteers across 27 language versions to transcribe historical manuscripts with AI assistance. The integration started with the "Wikisource Loves Manuscripts" project to digitize Indonesian palm-leaf manuscripts, where traditional OCR failed entirely.
Active across 27 Wikisource language versions
Handles scripts where traditional OCR fails
Community-trained custom models
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Transkribus integration with Wikimedia projects
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Archion: on-demand text recognition in a church records viewer

Archion integrated the Transkribus API directly into their online viewer for historical church records. Researchers browsing digitized parish registers can trigger AI text recognition on any page with a single click — no separate tool, no file export. The transcription appears as an overlay right next to the original scan, making it easy to read centuries-old handwriting in context.
One-click AI transcription inside the document viewer
Transcription overlay alongside the original scan
Thousands of German parish registers accessible on demand
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Archion document viewer with Transkribus text recognition
©Archion

Pricing that scales with your business

Volume discounts for high-throughput workflows. Organisation plans with team management, dedicated support, and custom SLA options. API access included.

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See the API in action

Upload a document scan, watch the API process it, and explore the structured response — as text, JSON, or PAGE XML.

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200M+ pages transcribed99.9% uptimeREST APIGDPR compliantEU sovereign infra

Built on trust, hosted in Europe.

Transkribus is built and hosted in Austria by a European cooperative. Your data stays on our own servers — no US cloud, no Big Tech dependencies.

EU-hosted & GDPR-compliant

All data processed and stored in Austria. Full compliance with European data protection regulations. Client data never leaves Europe.

Production-ready API

The Transkribus API handles millions of pages. 99.9% uptime, comprehensive documentation, and dedicated support for business integrations.

Cooperative, not corporate

READ-COOP is a European cooperative owned by 180+ member institutions. Join as a member and shape the platform alongside your peers.

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200M+pages processed
REST APIproduction-ready
EU-hostedGDPR-compliant