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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Using ChatGPT to transcribe manuscripts?

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You can use AI to help with this, though I don't think ChatGPT is built out
for this kind of work due to its interfacing approach. There are other AI
systems you can try. There was a Code4AI pre-conference this year and the
presenter was using TensorFlow to talk about/show off AI. So you would want
to look into the various AIs available and see which ones are being
built/trained around the kind of work you want to do.

On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 3:12 PM Coates, Sarah N <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi, all!
>
> I had a colleague ask an interesting question that I didn't know the
> answer to, so I thought I'd pass it along to your collective wisdom. The
> question is: Could ChatGPT assist with transcription work for manuscript
> letters (handwritten, in either print or cursive). For example, could
> ChatGPT help figure out a word if the transcription only had 3 of the 6
> letters-would ChatGPT be able to identify that word? Has anyone heard of
> someone using ChatGPT  (or a similar program) to assist with transcription
> of manuscript letters?
>
> Thanks!
> Sarah
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