First Medieval Latin Transcribathon from Polish Sources - Presentation of the Project #TUC22
Channel: Transkribus
Date: 2022-10-12

Iwona Krawczyk (Institute of Polish Language, Polish Academy of Sciences) and Jagoda Marszałek (Institute of Polish Language, Polish Academy of Sciences), 
First Medieval Latin Transcribathon from Polish Sources - Presentation of the Project
Crowdsourcing is increasingly used in research projects, but in Poland this model of collaboration is still not very popular, especially in the field of humanities. In a lightning talk, we will present our short-term transcription-editing project on medieval Latin texts (planned for September 2022), prepared on the basis of our experience gained in international crowdsourcing projects on manuscript transcription. 
We intend to run the project on the Transkribus platform, which will offer participants the opportunity to produce their own transcription, to use public models for automatic recognition of handwritten text, and to prepare material for training new HTR models. Advanced knowledge of the platform is not a requirement for applying to the project - participants will be provided with materials prepared by us for the workshop devoted to the platform. 
Our project will be open to people familiar with Latin and the basics of Latin palaeography who want to gain experience and improve their skills in this field. The project involves the preparation of transcriptions of fragments of selected medieval Latin texts, available in manuscript versions, belonging to various literary genres and representing different levels of difficulty. The transcribed texts will feed the corpus of Polish medieval Latin.