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SUMMARY:Text Data Processing for Humanists
DESCRIPTION:Humanities researchers can amass a considerable number of 
 primary and secondary text-based sources for their research. These may 
 include scans of archival documents such as manuscripts\, newspapers\, 
 books\, and other materials. They may also include varying-quality scans of 
 secondary sources on loan from their own or other libraries. While close 
 reading of this material is key for many humanities researchers\, making 
 use of so much data can also be supported by computation: by using 
 computational tools to transcribe handwritten and printed text\, scholars 
 can query their text data to quickly find information. These processes\, 
 optical character recognition (OCR) for printed text and handwritten text 
 recognition (HTR) for handwritten text\, have improved significantly in 
 recent years with machine learning and generative artificial intelligence. 
 In this workshop\, we will examine how these technologies work\, practice 
 using several tools for OCR and HTR\, and consider the opportunities and 
 challenges that can arise when using these technologies with different page 
 layouts\, languages\, and scripts. Participants are encouraged to bring a 
 laptop.\n\nBy the end of this workshop\, you will be able to\n\n\n	describe 
 how OCR and HTR work in general terms\;\n	identify possible opportunities 
 and challenges when applying OCR and HTR technologies to different page 
 layouts\, languages\, and scripts\;\n	implement several OCR and HTR 
 technologies in your research\, including workflows for reviewing 
 accuracy\; and\n	assess accuracy\, clean up processed text\, and document 
 workflows for transparency.\n\n\nThis workshop will be facilitated by 
 Hannah Jacobs\, Digital Humanities Consultant with Duke 
 Libraries.\n\nLocation: West Campus Bostock 121 (Murthy Digital 
 Studio)\n\nParticipation: General discussion\, structured activity\, and 
 time for questions.\n\nAudience: Humanities faculty & graduate students. 
 RCR credit is available for both.
LOCATION:Bostock 121 (Murthy Digital Studio)\, West Campus
ORGANIZER;CN="Hannah Jacobs":MAILTO:hj24@duke.edu
CATEGORIES:Digital Humanities, RCR Workshop
CONTACT;CN="Hannah Jacobs":MAILTO:hj24@duke.edu
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URL:https://duke.libcal.com/calendar/events/text-data-041326
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