Objective
"The overall objective of READ is to implement a Virtual Research Environment where archivists, humanities scholars, computer scientists and volunteers are collaborating with the ultimate goal of boosting research, innovation, development and usage of cutting edge technology for the automated recognition, transcription, indexing and enrichment of handwritten archival documents. This Virtual Research Environment will not be built from the ground up, but will benefit from research, tools, data and resources generated in multiple national and EU funded research and development projects and provide a basis for sustaining the network and the technology in the future. This ICT based e-infrastructure will address the Societal Challenge mentioned in Europe in a Changing World namely the ""transmission of European cultural heritage"" and the ""uses of the past"" as one of the core requirements of a reflective society. Based on research and innovation enabled by the READ Virtual Research Environment we will be able to explore and access hundreds of kilometres of archival documents via full-text search and therefore be able to open up one of the last hidden treasures of Europe's rich cultural hertitage."
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssystem softwareoperating systems
- humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorymedieval history
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencepattern recognition
- humanitiesother humanitieslibrary sciencespublic libraries
- humanitiesother humanitieslibrary sciencesdigital humanities
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation action
Coordinator
6020 Innsbruck
Austria
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Participants (16)
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6020 Innsbruck
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46022 Valencia
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WC1E 6BT London
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15341 Agia Paraskevi
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1040 Wien
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00171 Helsinki
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WC1E 7HU London
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1015 Lausanne
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18055 Rostock
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93420 Villepinte
8090 Zürich
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04109 Leipzig
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94032 Passau
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691 00 Komotini
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75002 Paris
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EH8 9YL Edinburgh
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