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In The News

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How the dung queen of Dublin was swept from history

"AI to be used by researchers to scour documents for information on women omitted from chronicles written by men about men."

By Rory Carroll

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Auf der Suche nach Prinz Eugens verlorener Privatbibliothek

"Sie gilt als einer der Schätze der Nationalbibliothek, die Bücher sind aber über diverse Bestände und Sammlungen verstreut. Ein Forschungsprojekt will das nun ändern."

Von Paul M. Horntrich

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Artificial intelligence uncovers lost work by titan of Spain’s ‘Golden Age’

"Discovery of Lope de Vega play could lead to other important finds, researchers say."

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Transkribus system makes breakthrough in understanding medieval texts

"Artificial intelligence is being used at the University of Innsbruck, part of the EU's READ project, to automatically transcribe previously unintelligible historical documents."

By Denis Loctier & Robert Hackwill

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So können Sie endlich alte Familienbriefe lesen

"Aus heutiger Sicht sind Sütterlin und Kurrent, die alten deutschen Schreibschriften, unlesbar. Aber es gibt Dienste, die dabei helfen."

Von Frank Patalong

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Böse Fälschung: Was steht in den "Hitler-Tagebüchern"? 

"Vor 40 Jahren titelte das Magazin "Stern": "Hitlers Tagebücher entdeckt". [..] Jetzt hat ein Team von STRG_F und NDR-Journalist:innen die geheimen Tagebuch-Fälschungen lesbar gemacht und intensiv zu dem Fall recherchiert."

Von Strg_F

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Unlocking the stories behind the shorthand

"Archivists at the GNM Archive reflect on their project to make a former Guardian reporter’s notebooks accessible to researchers."

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Who's afraid of Artificial Intelligence?

"From industry to healthcare to the media and even the creative arts, artificial intelligence is already having an impact on our daily lives."

By Julian GOMEZ

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Hansemuseum Lübeck: Ehrenamtliches Engagement für die Wissenschaft

"Das Ehrenamt ist aus der Kulturwelt kaum wegzudenken, so wie beim Citizen-Science-Projekt "Hanse.Quellen.Lesen!" in Lübeck."

Von Anina Laura Pommerenke

In Academia

International Journal of Digital Humanities

From research proposal to project management. A guide from the Transkribus community on planning and executing workflows for researchers and GLAM-professionals

Romein, C.A., Kırmızıaltın, S., Reshef, R. et al.

 

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On Automating Editions
The Affordances of Handwritten Text Recognition Platforms for Scholarly Editing

Terras, M., Nockels, J., Ames, S. et al.

 

 

Archival Science

Understanding the application of handwritten text recognition technology in heritage contexts: a systematic review of Transkribus in published research

Nockels, J., Gooding, P., Ames, S. et al.

 

Open Research Europe

The artificial intelligence cooperative: READ-COOP, Transkribus, and the benefits of shared community infrastructure for automated text recognition

Terras M, Anzinger B, Gooding P et al.

 

IEEE Xplore

Transkribus. A Platform for Automated Text Recognition and Searching of Historical Documents

S. Colutto, P. Kahle, H. Guenter and G. Muehlberger

 

 

The Official Journal Of The Historical Association

State of the Field: Digital History
Computing and the use of digital sources and resources is an everyday and essential practice in current academic scholarship.

Romein, C.A., Kemman, M., Birkholz, J.M. et al.

 

About Transkribus

Transkribus is the leading platform for text recognition with historical documents. Created as part of an EU research project, the platform uses AI to “read” handwritten or printed text on a page and create a digital version of it, reducing months of manual transcription work to just a few days.

Transkribus is used by universities, archives, and libraries, as well as solo researchers and amateur historians, to unlock vast collections of historical knowledge and make humanity's written heritage more accessible than ever before.

Find out more about Transkribus at transkribus.org

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About READ-COOP

READ-COOP SCE is the European cooperative society behind Transkribus, Transkribus Sites, and the ScanTent. It has over 200 members, including the University of Cambridge, Stanford University Libraries, and Trinity College Dublin, who are all stakeholders in the future of the cooperative and the products it manages.

From its headquarters in Innsbruck, Austria, READ-COOP employs a team of over 20 employees and is led by an elected management board of five. The cooperative‘s mission is to put purpose before profit and create tools that improve digital access to historical resources.

Find out more about READ-COOP at readcoop.org.

Our Board of Directors

READ-COOP is governed by a five-member Board of Directors, who are elected by the members of the co-operative. The Board is responsible for ensuring Transkribus continues to fulfil the needs of its users and succeed in its goal of making historical resources accessible to all.

Each member of the board has years of experience in using digital tools with historical documents, and brings unique knowledge from the academic, archival, and business fields.

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Annemieke Romein

Chair of the Board

Annemieke is an early modern political-institutional historian who has held research and teaching posts at institutions throughout the Netherlands and Belgium and is an associate researcher at the University of Bern. She holds a PhD in history, and has academic interests in both education and digital humanities.

Annemieke has been an honorary board member at READ-COOP since 2023, and was elected Chair of the Board in 2025. As the co-operative's community director, she plays a pivotal role in supporting Transkribus users and building strong partnerships.

Florian Stauder

Florian Stauder

Co-Executive Director

Strategy expert Florian has been involved with READ-COOP since 2020, tasked with ensuring processes from marketing to IT run smoothly and efficiently. He holds a Master’s degree in strategic management from the University of Innsbruck.

Florian was first elected to the board in 2023, and was elected as Co-Executive Director in 2025. He oversees the Product, Development, and IT teams, and is responsible for the continuous innovation and improvement of the Transkribus platform.

 

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Michaela Prien

Co-Executive Director

With Master’s degrees in both history and archival science, and a wealth of professional experience in archival services, Michaela understands the problems facing archivists and researchers today, and is adept at balancing these customer needs with business objectives.

She joined READ-COOP in 2024 as Customer Success team lead, before becoming Co-Executive Director in 2025. Michaela now oversees the Go-To-Market teams of Sales, Communications, and Customer Success, with a focus on business and organisational development.

Andy Stauder

Andy Stauder

Director of Co-op Relations

Andy studied translation, linguistics, philosophy, and, intermittently, computer science, with a research focus on measuring translation quality with machine- and human-based methods. Professionally, Andy has worked as a translator, IT manager and project collaborator in EU-funded projects, general manager of "innsbruck university innovations", and co-founder and managing director of READ-COOP.

As Director of Co-operative Relations, Andy manages key partnerships and works closely with the Transkribus R&D team, ensuring that Transkribus stays at the forefront of technological innovation.

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Melissa Terras MBE

Scholary Director

As Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage at the University of Edinburgh, Melissa has dedicated her career to the digitisation of heritage items, focusing on technologies, procedures, and their impact.

Melissa is a founding member of READ-COOP and has served as an honorary member of the board since 2019. She is responsible for supporting the use of Transkribus in academic contexts, and building partnerships with the scholarly community.

 

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