Ten annoying things about digitizing under-resourced and under-represented languages (And what might help fixing them)

Olaf Berg; Colin Brisson; Grigor Boykov; Saranya Chandran; Dimitra Grigoriou; Wayne de Fremery; Rachael Griffiths; Aliz Horvath; Aliz Horvath; Johannes Knüchel; Yavuz Köse; Bruno Lainé; Patrick McAllister; Stephan Kurz; Nicole Merkel-Hilf; Jan Odstrčilík; Alexander James O'Neill; Helmut Reimitz; Sinai Rusinek; Andy Stauder; Christoph Steindl; Markus Viehbeck

doi:10.5281/ZENODO.18232604

Ten annoying things about digitizing under-resourced and under-represented languages (And what might help fixing them)

Olaf Berg
, Colin Brisson
, Grigor Boykov
, Saranya Chandran
, Dimitra Grigoriou
, Wayne de Fremery
, Rachael Griffiths
, Aliz Horvath
, Aliz Horvath
, Johannes Knüchel
, Yavuz Köse
, Bruno Lainé
, Patrick McAllister
, Stephan Kurz
, Nicole Merkel-Hilf
, Jan Odstrčilík
, Alexander James O'Neill
, Helmut Reimitz
, Sinai Rusinek
, Andy Stauder

Christoph Steindl, Markus Viehbeck

Department of Historical Studies

Central European University
Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Dominican University of California
École pratique des hautes études
Austrian National Library
Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft
University of Vienna
Heidelberg University
SOAS University of London
Musashino University

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Outcomes of a writing sprint during the workshop OCR/HTR for Under-resourced and Under-represented Languages in DH held at the Central European University, Vienna, on October 3–4, 2025.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.18232604
State	Published - 13 Jan 2026
Event	OCR/HTR for Under Researched and Under Represented Languages in DH - Central European University, Vienna, Austria Duration: 3 Oct 2025 → 4 Oct 2025

Workshop

Workshop	OCR/HTR for Under Researched and Under Represented Languages in DH
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	3/10/25 → 4/10/25

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Berg, O., Brisson, C., Boykov, G., Chandran, S., Grigoriou, D., de Fremery, W., Griffiths, R., Horvath, A., Horvath, A., Knüchel, J., Köse, Y., Lainé, B., McAllister, P., Kurz, S., Merkel-Hilf, N., Odstrčilík, J., O'Neill, A. J., Reimitz, H., Rusinek, S., ... Viehbeck, M. (2026). Ten annoying things about digitizing under-resourced and under-represented languages (And what might help fixing them). Paper presented at OCR/HTR for Under Researched and Under Represented Languages in DH, Vienna, Austria. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.18232604

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