Welcome to Europeana Transcribe

AI4Culture Workshop   This workshop will be held on 9 October 2024 from 14:00 to 17:00 CET. Co-organised with CrossLang, Austrian Institute of Technology, and Facts&Files, it focuses on the use of OCR tools. Participants will learn how to upload transcriptions to a repository and display them on the AI4Culture platform. The workshop will also include practical exercises to guide attendees through the process of translating their transcriptions, making them accessible in multiple languages.

Stories of the Month   The online run "Stories of the Month", which started in July 2021, has come to an end! We would like to thank all participants. Our champion transcriber Wolfgang Dekeyser took first place, transcribing 130,767 characters, adding 349 Enrichments and running 731 miles. Congratulations to Wolfgang and runners-up Sophie Jouglard and Torsten Salzer! All stories from the run will remain available for transcription indefinitely. However, achievements will now only be added to your personal statistics and Europeana Transcribe's overall progress.

AVI 2024 Conference   Sergiu Gordea (AIT) and Frank Drauschke (Facts & Files) presented Transcribathon at the 17th International ACM Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces in Arenzano (Genoa), Italy (https://avi2024.dibris.unige.it), which was attended by leading researchers of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) from all over the world.

Transcribathon Webinars   On 6 June 2024, Frank Drauschke hosted Facts & Files webinar #3, where he presented the features and functionality of the Transcribathon platform and demonstrated how Cultural Heritage Institutions (CHIs) can engage their audiences and work together to transcribe and enrich historical documents from Europeana. The webinar series is inspired by the 25th anniversary of Facts & Files and provides an insight into the projects and work. To find out about upcoming webinars, subscribe to the Facts & Files newsletter.

Europeana Transcribe at EU Prize for Citizen Science   We are proud to announce that "Europeana Transcribe" received a honorary mention at the first European Union Prize for Citizen Science! The statement by the Jury reads as follows: "This hard work is designed as a creative, fresh as well as thought-provoking process, that in an unorthodox way empowers us to critically engage with our cultural heritage."

Women's History Month: Run Results   This March, we have introduced our first Women's History Run with documents from lesser known women scientists, writers, activists, and more. The Run concluded with a win for our multiple champion Wolfgang Dekeyser, who transcribed 158,188 Characters in this campaign. Congratulations to our winner and runners-up!