State of Transkribus

Not all AI is created equal — and handwritten historical text is where that distinction becomes concrete. The READ-COOP board opens TUC 2026 by taking stock of where Transkribus sits on the specialised-vs-general axis: what shipped on the platform this past year, how the membership and the cooperative have grown, and how Transkribus is positioning itself as general-purpose models push into a domain that has long rewarded specialised ones. Less roadmap deck, more honest stocktake — before three days of panels, round tables and lightning talks stress-test the answer from every angle.