After fighting with every OCR program, I could get my hands on I was finally recommended Transkribus by my supervisor and two colleagues at work. I was hesitant since the software's I had previously attempted to use was mostly able to recognize individual words but was unable to differentiate between columns as demonstrated in my last post. So, you may be asking, “what is this Transkribus you speak of?” Transkribus is an AI powered platform that can aid in research and transcribing by recognizing text, both typed and written, as well as layout and structure utilizing new AI technology. Historical and archival institutions are even beginning to use it to increase accessibility to records and materials. There is even a free version that provides limite...