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Category: Coding

Marimo Notebooks
Coding, DH in General, New Post, Software, Visualization

Marimo Notebooks

In a previous post, I have highlighted the usefulness of notebooks for writing Python code. I mentioned tools like Jupyter … Continue reading Marimo Notebooks

Imagining a Contextual Tech for Indian Languages: A Postcard from Bahu Bhasa 2025
AI, Apps, Archiving, Coding, Conference, DH in General, Digitization, Indian Studies, Machine Learning, OCR, Online Resources, Social Media, Software

Imagining a Contextual Tech for Indian Languages: A Postcard from Bahu Bhasa 2025

Building on the conversations initiated under the Future of the Commons (overviews of which can be found here and here), … Continue reading Imagining a Contextual Tech for Indian Languages: A Postcard from Bahu Bhasa 2025

Exploring the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room API
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, Coding, DH in Practice, New Post, Online Resources, Visualization

Exploring the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room API

While not readily apparent, the New Testament Virtual Manuscript (NTVMR) room has an API that is publicly accessible. An API, … Continue reading Exploring the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room API

Aksharamukha: The Automated Transliteration Tool to Simplify Script Conversion
Apps, Coding, DH in General, DH in Practice, New Post, Online Resources, Software, South Asian Studies, Workflow

Aksharamukha: The Automated Transliteration Tool to Simplify Script Conversion

Aksharamukha, a free and open-source transliteration tool supporting 121 scripts and 21 romanization methods, enhances access to multilingual texts and facilitates cross-cultural communication. Continue reading Aksharamukha: The Automated Transliteration Tool to Simplify Script Conversion

Jingyuan Digital Platform – Font Making and Database Development for Shang Oracle Bones (Part 2)
Coding, Digital Cartography, Online Resources, Sinology

Jingyuan Digital Platform – Font Making and Database Development for Shang Oracle Bones (Part 2)

This is a guest post by Peichao Qin | University of Cambridge. In my earlier post, I introduced my newly launched “Jingyuan Digital … Continue reading Jingyuan Digital Platform – Font Making and Database Development for Shang Oracle Bones (Part 2)

Using TEI to study Edward Sylvester Morse’s Japan Diaries in the Peabody Essex Museum Collection (Part 1)
Coding, DH in Practice, Japanese Studies

Using TEI to study Edward Sylvester Morse’s Japan Diaries in the Peabody Essex Museum Collection (Part 1)

TEI (text-encoding initiative) is a digital humanities method that enriches plain text transcriptions using .xml tags. It is most commonly … Continue reading Using TEI to study Edward Sylvester Morse’s Japan Diaries in the Peabody Essex Museum Collection (Part 1)

Collating Greek Manuscripts
Biblical Studies, Coding, DH in Practice, New Post, Online Resources, Software, Textual Analysis, Workflow

Collating Greek Manuscripts

Introduction In my last post, I explored tools in a software package called Criticus that helps move from transcription to … Continue reading Collating Greek Manuscripts

Introduction to Programming with Chinese
Chinese Language, Coding, DH in Practice, New Post, Sinology, Workflow

Introduction to Programming with Chinese

This post was prepared together with Tilman Schalmey. Find here the tutorial files for this post. As digital technologies develop, … Continue reading Introduction to Programming with Chinese

Criticus: A tool to move from transcription to collation
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Apps, Biblical Studies, Coding, Software, Textual Analysis

Criticus: A tool to move from transcription to collation

Introduction In my last few posts, I explored how Python could be used to do some codicological analysis of manuscripts … Continue reading Criticus: A tool to move from transcription to collation

Using Python to Analyze Greek New Testament Manuscripts
Biblical Studies, Coding, DH in General, DH in Practice, New Post

Using Python to Analyze Greek New Testament Manuscripts

This post will take a break from writing about using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room, the topic I covered … Continue reading Using Python to Analyze Greek New Testament Manuscripts

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