נאריש זשלאָב מענטש"#Jewish individuals and communities seeking to discover more about ancestors in #Lithuania will now have #online access to a wide range of previously unread source material, thanks to a new #AI programme launched by #Vilnius #University.
The software tool boasting a 95% accuracy rate, is known as the #Vilne-#Yiddish model. It assesses handwritten Yiddish texts and was developed by Dr Sergii Gurbych, a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for the Study of East #European #Jewry.
It uses #handwriting styles from autobiographies written in the 1930s, which were sent to #YIVO – the #Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut – from across Eastern and Central #Europe."
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