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OCR handwritten WWII letters (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 hours ago by kerbits@lemmy.ml to c/ai_@lemmy.world

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Hello, I have some letters handwritten by my great-grandfather from the Mauthausen concentration camp in 1943/1944. Few of them have been transcribed by hand. They are quite a lot and really not easy to read (you can understand the situation) also if the pen trace is good and well preserved.

I am wondering if some of these new AI tools can help me transcribe them. I don't expect an automatic transcription, but any help would be welcome 😊

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Well, you could try some of the established services:

They all want you to sign up but offer some free service. Try one of the letters you already have a transcription for, and see how well they fare. I don't have the slightest clue if they can read Sütterlinschrift or whatever your great-grandfather used to write in. You'd take a picture or scan, upload the file to the chatbot and add an instruction to transcribe the handwriting. And keep us posted if you do.