# Kiessling 2019: Kraken - an Universal Text Recognizer for the Humanities

> Benjamin Kiessling, 2019. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The emerging-methods survey cites it for handwritten text recognition on unknown…

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# Kraken - an Universal Text Recognizer for the Humanities

Benjamin Kiessling, 2019. _DH2019 (abstract)_.

Conference abstract presenting Kraken, an open-source OCR and handwritten text recognition engine built for historical documents and non-Latin scripts.

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The emerging-methods survey cites it for handwritten text recognition on unknown scripts.

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Kiessling, B. (2019). Kraken - an Universal Text Recognizer for the Humanities. DH2019 (abstract). https://dh-abstracts.library.virginia.edu/works/9912
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