Using AI to Glean Details from Your Family Documents
Are you using artificial intelligence (AI) to help with your historical research? Here’s how AI can help uncover valuable background information from a seemingly mundane item.
Artificial Intelligence Can Clarify Difficult Text and Provide “History Reveals”
When transcribing difficult to read documents, Artificial Intelligence (AI) can provide another “set of eyes” to review troublesome passages. After uploading a scanned image of the document, the AI agent, such as ChatGPT, can be instructed to analyze the handwriting and partial transcription. Then, it can be asked for its best recommendation for the unclear text. Afterward, AI can provide context if the meaning of the passage is still not apparent.