[new resource]: Transcribing Handwritten Text with Python and Microsoft Azure Computer Vision

[charlottejmc]

Title of the resource

Transcribing Handwritten Text with Python and Microsoft Azure Computer Vision

Resource type

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Authors, editors and contributors

Jeff Blackadar, Maria Dermentzi, Megan S. Kane, Giulia Taurino

Topics (keywords)

DH, Open Education, Open Access, python, api, data manipulation

Learning outcomes

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Write a Python program to transcribe images of handwritten documents using Microsoft’s Azure Cognitive Services, a commercially available service that has a cost-free option for low volumes of use
• Add steps to process multiple images at once and store the transcribed text in a file
• Better organise your code using a Python function

Abstract

Tools for machine transcription of handwriting are practical and labour-saving if you need to analyse or present text in digital form. This lesson will explain how to write a Python program to transcribe handwritten documents using Microsoft’s Azure Cognitive Services, a commercially available service that has a cost-free option for low volumes of use.

[VickyGarnett]

Hi @charlottejmc - these people are all in the system, so you can continue to draft the resource :)