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An application to decipher kuzushi-ji

OceanoNox

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Hello there!

I have been struggling to read old Edo period texts. While I was lucky enough to attend a seminar on kuzushi-ji (basically old cursive Japanese script), and I have a book on the various kana, it is not easy, especially when two kana are "fused". At any rate, there is an app that uses AI to read such difficult texts. It is called みを (miwo). A friend and I have checked on texts that we know the reading of, and it seems about 90% or more accurate. Once installed on a smartphone, one just needs to take a photo of the text and the application does the deciphering, overlaying the kanji and kana on top of the photo.

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That's great news, Arnaud! Many thanks.

I saw a documentary about them developing this a couple of years back, but if it's available now as an app, I definitely need to check it out.

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