"#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."

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/vilnius-university-creates-new-ai-tool-recognising-handwritten-yiddish-texts/

a paradox wrapped in a puzzle inside a book…

By Hand : Tim Brookes 'explores the pen, and the paper, and the human mind' #handwriting #calligraphy #EndangeredAlphabets @Endangeredalphabets https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/

I'm kinda tired of my handwriting. I mean I have decent handwriting, it looks something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Nealian

Want to be able to switch between a few handwriting scripts (ideally, across multiple languages) effortlessly.

Any recommendations as to what I can try learning?

#handwriting #cursive

I write in Suetterlin script. A German student tells me "your handwriting is awful." I told them to learn history, my handwriting is fine!

Ink is TWSBI Midnight Blue.

#Deutsch #handwriting #fountainpens #German #history #ink

Whiteboards have the benefits of handwriting and the freedom to add, delete, revise, or move words wherever you like.

This flexibility lets my chain of thoughts unfold more freely than typing on a computer.

It feels like a dialogue with my own mind, where ideas can breathe and connect naturally.

#Whiteboard #Handwriting #Creativity #Thinking #Mindspace #Brainstorming

Rediscovering Handwriting

In East Asia, some countries, including Japan, still use Chinese characters.

When we type all the time, we start forgetting how to write them by hand.

That happened to me in my thirties.

So I decided to bring handwriting back into my life.

Keeping a handwritten journal.
The neatness or messiness of each character I write shows my state of mind.

Writing by hand connects me to my thoughts in a quiet, human way.

#Handwriting #Mindfulness #Journaling #AnalogLife.

So, ihr Weihnachtskätzchen,

wer möchte denn mit mir im Dezember Karten tauschen? So als fluffiger Lichtblick und lieben Gruß von anderen Menschen? Es herrscht ausdrücklich kein Bastelzwang! (Nur Schreibzwang. 😅 Karte gegen Karte.) Ja, ich werde mit Füller schreiben, das heißt nicht, dass ihr das auch tun müsst. My cup of tea.

Bitte schickt mir eine PN für den Adresstausch.

#Feiertagspost #Kartenaustausch #Adventszeit #handwriting #ink #fountainpen #Weihnachten