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SUMMARY:Winter School: HTR of Historical Sources\, 2026
DTSTART:20261002T120000Z
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CONTACT:htr.school@oeaw.ac.at\;jan.odstrcilik@oeaw.ac.at
DESCRIPTION:The use of AI for reading historical sources (known as Automat
 ed or Handwritten Text Recognition) is becoming an expected and necessary 
 part of many DH projects. Nevertheless\, there are still many challenges\,
  from choosing between a growing number of options for HTR\, to learning h
 ow to prepare ground truth and train models\, and to navigating new method
 ological issues.\n \n\n \nThe Winter School: HTR of Historical Sources\,
  2026 (further as HTR Winter School) started in 2022 and has evolved along
  with technological developments and the current state of research. Most i
 mportantly: Its participants learn not only the basics of HTR\, but contri
 bute to growing datasets for particular languages and scripts. \n \nTran
 scription tools\nWe will be using mainly Transkribus\, however\, we will l
 earn also eScriptorium together. \nWorking groups\nThis year\, there will
  be working groups for the following languages/scripts:\n\n\nCarolingian L
 atin\nLate Medieval Latin\nEarly Modern German\nByzantine Greek\nSyriac\nC
 hurch Slavonic\nOld Icelandic\n\n\n \nEach of these groups will work on i
 ts own materials and has its own requirements for participation. Please ch
 eck them before registering.\n \nOnly participants who fulfill their task
 s in the language/script groups will receive the final digital certificate
 . \nTimetable\nThis year\, the Winter School will take place online only 
 (with the exception of the Old Icelandic group that will have an additiona
 l in-person meeting)\, resuming in-person participation in 2027. \n \nTh
 ere are five virtual sessions\, always on Friday from 2PM to 5PM\, Central
  European Time:\n\n2nd October\n16th October\n30th October\n13th November\
 n27th November\n\nEach session consists of a plenary part (lecture) and a 
 working group part. For all sessions except the last one\, the plenary par
 t will be 45 minutes long and the group part 2 hours long. The last sessi
 on will be dedicated to presenting the results.\nCall for applications\nCa
 ll for application is open until 15th September 2026. \nYou will be notif
 ied on 18th September\, whether you have been accepted.\n \n \n\nhttps:/
 /indico.global/event/18567/
LOCATION:Virtual
URL:https://indico.global/event/18567/
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