Student-led AI project revives millions of pages of Ottoman documents

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Student-led AI project revives millions of pages of Ottoman documents

A student initiative in Istanbul has developed an AI-powered tool to revive over 7 million pages of Ottoman documents, transforming them into a digital library and bridging Ottoman Turkish with modern Latin script for today’s readers. The project, Vesiqari, combines the Arabic words "vesiqa" (document) and "qari" (reader), meaning "document reader."

November 11, 2024