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A language model transcribed a whole historical correspondence volume

A researcher had a language model transcribe a digitised volume of Sophie Germain's incoming correspondence at the national library, and published the transcription. Working from it, he spotted a mathematical note written on an 1814 letter cover and is asking who wrote it.

How it works

  1. He has a language model transcribe the digitised volume
  2. He publishes the transcription
  3. He reads the volume through it
  4. He finds a maths note on an 1814 letter cover and asks about its author

Why it’s worth knowing

A full handwritten archive volume became searchable working text, and it surfaced a note nobody had recorded in print since 1879.

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Summarized from a public post on hsm.stackexchange.com. See the original ↗

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