Some Short Reflections on Lists
In the past, the Digital Orientalist celebrated the virtues of brevity by regularly publishing short pieces, thoughts, and reflections. Some … Continue reading Some Short Reflections on Lists
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Brief Notes on OCR and the Automated Transcription of Syriac Books
Recently, I have been experimenting to see how well Google Docs can transcribe and perform OCR on Syriac books in … Continue reading Brief Notes on OCR and the Automated Transcription of Syriac Books
Dissertating in the Digital Age: Research and Writing Tools for Organization and Productivity
This post was written by guest contributor Bihter Esener. Esener is currently a Freer Visiting Graduate Student Fellow in the … Continue reading Dissertating in the Digital Age: Research and Writing Tools for Organization and Productivity
Digital Humanities Japan: Building Community and Sharing Resources
This week’s post has been contributed by Paula R. Curtis, Hoyt Long, Molly Des Jardin and Mark Ravina. Information about … Continue reading Digital Humanities Japan: Building Community and Sharing Resources
Some Reflections on COVID-19 and the Digitization of Research and Teaching
I have found in my short career as an academic that in spite of its growing popularity there is a … Continue reading Some Reflections on COVID-19 and the Digitization of Research and Teaching
ScanTailor: Installation Instructions and Impressions
When we cannot find a digitized version on the internet, we photograph or scan a book or article ourselves. We … Continue reading ScanTailor: Installation Instructions and Impressions
Some notes on the usability of the Zotero Reference Manager for Historical Research
This post was written by guest contributor Jasper Bernhofer. Bernhofer received a Bachelor’s Degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Philosophy … Continue reading Some notes on the usability of the Zotero Reference Manager for Historical Research
Cursive Japanese and OCR: Using KuroNet
The Center for Open Data in the Humanities’ KuroNet Kuzushiji Ninshiki Sābisu (KuroNetくずし字認識サービス) launched late last year. KuroNet is a … Continue reading Cursive Japanese and OCR: Using KuroNet
Photographing Archival Material at the Cadbury Research Library: Some Reflections
I am indebted to both the Cadbury Research Library at the University of Birmingham and the Church Mission Society for … Continue reading Photographing Archival Material at the Cadbury Research Library: Some Reflections
Using Kraken to Train your own OCR Models
This is a contribution by Christine Roughan of NYU. Connect with her on Twitter @cmroughan Over the summer of 2019, inspired by the promising results in articles like Romanov et al. 2017, I set out to use the … Continue reading Using Kraken to Train your own OCR Models
