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A snapshot from Transkribus interface demonstrating the transcription process. Note the left-justified, yet reversed, Latin-alphabet transcription (center bottom) of the OT text (top right). The OT text displayed in the canvas tool is from Küçük Mecmua.
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Our study utilizes deep learning methods for the automated transcription of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals written in Arabic script Ottoman Turkish (OT) using the Transkribus platform. We discuss the historical situation of OT text collections and how they were excluded for the most part from the late twentieth century cor...
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