Hello all, Based on some recommendations on this list last year, we've been experimenting with using Transkribus to perform HTR of handwritten documents. I've noticed a high error rate in the transcriptions when using the pre-built models (Civil War era diaries), so we have been manually transcribing 40-60 pages and then training a model to recognize the rest of the text. However, even when using a base model, the character error rate of the new model is upwards of 25% – does anyone have advice for how to improve this number? I really like Transkribus as a program, and want to keep using it, but I'm wondering if others have had issues with the HTR, and if it's best for manual transcription.
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