Lots of old letters, postcards, and archives are written in German #Sütterlin and are hard to read today.
With Transkribus, you can turn that handwriting into searchable text! Give it a try:
We often think of cultural heritage as monuments or physical artifacts. Yet much of it lives in handwritten notes, letters, and books.
By turning handwriting into searchable text, we move from preserving paper to understanding its contents.
Read more 👇
A coffee-break chat that turned into a research collab, or the collective energy of a group training a model together in real-time — sometimes the best parts of the TUC are the things we didn't plan in advance 🦋
What's your favourite TUC memory?
It was a pleasure to host our Transkribus workshop at @utaustin.bsky.social - a huge thank you to everyone who joined us!
Images: Jacob van Maerlant. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
For #ManuscriptMonday, we’re looking at a Liber de natura rerum, a type of medieval encyclopedia that aimed to describe and explain the natural world, often illustrated with detailed miniatures.
"Der naturen bloeme" is the earliest surviving example of this genre in Middle Dutch!
Over 700 letters from botanist Eduard Hackel (1850–1926) have now been digitised and made searchable.
They are helping scientists to identify and recover lost data about various plant specimens, thanks to @tettris.eu and Transkribus.
Find out more about his Italian correspondents:
🚨 Big news: We`ve finally cracked the code! 🩺🤯
Introducing the Transkribus Doctor Model, trained to read even the squiggliest of prescription lines!
#AprilFools 😉
Tickets for #TUC2026 are officially available!
Join us from 21-23 September at the University of Passau to discuss the future of specialised AI in historical research.
Get your Early Bird ticket here: tuc.transkribus.org/tickets
Final call for papers #TUC2026! ⏳
Submit your 300-word abstract by 29 March to join the programme in Passau:
⚡ Lightning Talks
🤝 Round Tables
🛠️ Workshops
🖼️ Posters
🎓 Scholarships
Theme: "Not all AI is created equal."
Submit here: tuc.transkribus.org/call-for-pap...
Good morning! We don’t have a public API for that, but we’re working on a dataset feature that should make publishing data easier. More info coming soon! ^CAR
Srečko Kosovel is considered one of Slovenia’s greatest poets.
Now, thanks to a huge volunteer effort using Transkribus, his handwritten manuscripts have been transcribed and brought online via the Digital Library of Slovenia!
Explore his work: www.dlib.si/static/kosov...
📢 Extension: #TUC2026 Call for Papers moved to 29 March!
Submit a title & max. 300-word abstract for a chance to present your research in Passau.
Speaker perks:
✅ 50% off conference tickets
✅ International audience
✅ Networking with Transkribus experts
Submit: tuc.transkribus.org/call-for-pap...
Reminder: Join our Webinar for Beginners this Thursday, 19 March!
🕒 2pm EST | 11am PST | 19:00 UTC
Join us to learn the first steps of using Transkribus and how to turn historical handwriting into searchable data.
Register now:
Shape the #TUC2026 programme - our Call for Papers is still open!
Speaking at TUC is the best way to:
🤝 Connect with a global network of peers
🛠️ Refine your workflows through discussion
🔍 Get a first-hand look at new features
Submit now and join us at the University of Passau: buff.ly/6rzX15X
Maps plotted the route, but ship records tell the reality of the voyage.
@patymurrieta.bsky.social and her team are using Transkribus models to transcribe colonial records and Indigenous languages like Náhuatl.
From trade networks to lost narratives, explore the project here:
To answer this question correctly, could you tell a little bit more about what you are trying to do/want to do? ^CAR
Hi there, every month you get 50credits for free. Have you checked out our webinars/recordings on YouTube (Transkribus channel) or our helpcenter? Most questions are answered there.
This #ManuscriptMonday, we're looking at a 12th-century Bestiary.
Legend said whales lured fish into their open mouths with a sweet scent. Only a decade ago, researchers documented whales waiting with open jaws as "trap-feeding"!
©️"On Whales" (1190s). Bodleian Library, via Wikimedia Commons
Shape the #TUC2026 programme - our Call for Papers is still open!
Speaking at TUC is the best way to:
🤝 Connect with a global network of peers
🛠️ Refine your workflows through discussion
🔍 Get a first-hand look at new features
Submit now and join us at the University of Passau: buff.ly/6rzX15X
Join our English-language webinar specifically timed for our users in the Americas on 19 March!
We’ll show you how to use Transkribus AI models to turn historical handwriting into searchable text.
📅 Thursday, 19 March
🕒 2–3 PM EST / 7 PM UTC
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Image credit: De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543), Univ. of Liège/J. Donvil; manuscript(1520-41) & 2nd Ed (1566), Jagiellonian Library. Via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) .
#onthisday in 1616, the Vatican banned Copernicus’s "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium". 🚫Though it laid the groundwork for modern astronomy, both Catholic and Protestant leaders initially rejected the idea that the Earth orbits the Sun!
Don't let your newspaper archives stay buried in microfilm!
While their irregular structure is more complex than a book, we've published a 4-step guide to help you digitise and transcribe historical newspapers with precision.
Half a million stories, research projects, and historical breakthroughs. 🌍 We are officially celebrating 500,000 Transkribus users!
Thank you for being part of our journey! 🎉
AI is evolving, but is it sustainable? We explore the Transkribus 2026 roadmap, from responsible LLM integration to strengthening our cooperative model. Read the full interview with our Board Members here:
If you would like to present your research findings on the topic of "Not all AI is created equal", we would love to hear from you. Submit your proposal for #TUC2026 and join the conversation in Passau!
tuc.transkribus.org/call-for-pap...
Is all AI created equal?
We enjoyed this breakdown by Per Hundevad Andersen testing general AI against specialised Transkribus models for 19th-century Danish Gothic script.
👉Read here : blog.slaegtsbibliotek.dk/2026/02/04/t...
Some hit the slopes, we're climbing through the archives. 📖 Explore over a century of mountaineering heritage with the fully searchable Zeitschrift des Alpenvereins on Transkribus Sites.
The Call for Papers for #TUC2026 at the University of Passau is already open! We invite submissions on the role of specialised vs. general-purpose AI in research. Present your insights to the global Transkribus community.
View formats and submit here: tuc.transkribus.org/call-for-pap...