Transkribus
The Center implemented Transkribus in the Summer of 2025, together with staff from our Partner institutions, for various pilot projects. The new technology is also being incorporated into reference and research requests in the Lillian Goldman Reading Room, Ackman & Ziff Genealogy Institute, and throughout the Center.
To log into Transkribus, please visit https://app.transkribus.org
Overview
Transkribus harnesses artificial intelligence in handwriting and text recognition technology to decipher digitized assets that contain handwritten historical documents and printed texts.
Resources
Read-Coop, the cooperative developers that created Transkribus, offer a variety of video documentation on using the artificial intelligence tool.
Starting to use Transkribus
Getting Started with Transkribus
More Advanced Webinars
- Using Public AI Models with Transkribus Webinar (English)
- Publishing with Transkribus Sites Webinar (English)
- Baseline Models & Complex Layouts Webinar (English)
Past User Conferences
Other pilot projects and use cases
- Historical Archives of the Supreme Court of Louisiana: Transkribus
- Transkribus as an Institutional Service