On the 20:th of June I presented "Handwritten text recognition for collections of manuscripts" at a two day internal workshop for the Labours memory project at Swedish Labour Movement’s Archives and Library.
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The Labour’s Memory project
I will participate in a new project! This is a three year project funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) and based at the Swedish Labour Movement’s Archives and Library. The project will make available material from The Swedish Trade Union Confederation-sphere from the 1880s until today. The focus is on automatic handwritten text transcription of the notes.
Astrid Lindgren koden: Hackaton
Nyheterna fångade upp det som gjordes i projektet.Här är några intervjuer: TV4 Malin TV4 Karolina TT nyhet i GP
Avkodning av Astrid Lindgrens “oläsliga” manus
Sveriges Radio har gjort en intervju om det material vi jobbar med i projektet "Astrid Lindgren-koden", där jag jobbar med handskriftsigenkänning, dvs automatisk transkription. Men här handlar det om den del där man gör manuell transkription. Lyssna gärna på: "Oläsliga Astrid Lindgren-manus ska avkodas - P1-morgon | Sveriges Radio"
The origin of the word “nerd”
As a language nerd I have always been fascinated by the etymology of words, especially since I wanted to know where they come from and how they have changed over time. I felt compelled to share my experience in this blog when I accidentaly stumbled upon a word that made me realise the origin of … Continue reading The origin of the word “nerd”
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