Transkribus webinar by Annemieke Romein
Channel: Huygens Instituut
Date: 23/04/2020

Creating transcriptions can be a tedious job. The computer tool Transkribus can ease the process after some training. In this digital workshop, the basics of the program will be demonstrated, and some practical examples are going to be given. The following features are discussed: how to get started, what are all the button’s for, how to create Text Regions and Baselines, what is necessary to necessary to create a model. This workshop was organised through a Zoom-meeting. The workshop is in English and is provided in by Annemieke Romein, a postdoctoral researcher at Huygens ING and experienced Transkribus-user.


Intro to the webinar 00:00-05:52
Theory OCR and HTR 05:53-28:33 
How to get started: registration and installation 28:34-33:42 
How to upload files? 33:43-41:06
How does the desktop-version work? 41:07-46:04
What are all the buttons in Transkribus? 46:05-52:28
How to perform a Lay-Out Analysis (manual and automatically) 52:29-1:11:04
How and where to transcribe? 1:11:05-1:16:18
How to collaborate within Transkribus? 1:16:19-1:24:28
What to do with abbreviations, Italics and conventions? 1:24:29-1:31:52
How to apply OCR or a HTR-model? 1:31:53-1:45:43
How to create a model? 1:45:44-1:58:28
How to export from Transkribus? 1:58:29-2:2:01:03
How to do full-text-searches or keyword spotting? 2:2:01:04-2:05:08
What is the READ-COOP? By Johanna Walcher 2:05:11-2:20:00
Questions and Answers 2:20:00-end