The AI transcribed over 70,000 document images in two days for $380

He had the AI transcribe more than 70,000 images of old documents in two days, for $380 in total. The handwriting and worn pages hurt the quality and it did worse in Portuguese than in English, but the AI handled the whole run.

How it works

Hands the AI over 70,000 images of old documents
The AI transcribes them over two days
The whole run costs $380

Why it’s worth knowing

More than 70,000 images of old handwriting were transcribed in two days for $380, and the AI ran the whole job on its own.

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Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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