Katip Celebi

Ottoman Turkish Translation and Transcription Portal

Translation of Ottoman Turkish texts and images into modern Turkish and their transcription into Latin script.

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Ottoman text is transcribed into Latin script.

Images of historical documents are read with handwritten text recognition (HTR).

The text is translated into today's Turkish while keeping its meaning.

Text is extracted from images of newspapers, books and inscriptions.

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Choose the language

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The portal works

OCR, translation, transcription or proofreading runs automatically.
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