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Know how to read cursive? The National Archives wants you.
The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking volunteer citizen archivists to help them classify and/or transcribe more than 200 years worth of hand-written historical documents. Most of these are from the Revolutionary War-era, known for looped and flowing penmanship .
Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for.
If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority from the Revolutionary War era are handwritten in cursive – requiring people who know the flowing,
Volunteer for the National Archives to Translate Cursive Handwriting for Modern Newbies
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National Archives Is Seeking Volunteers Who Have the ‘Superpower’ of Reading Cursive — Which Only 24 States Still Teach
The National Archives is currently looking for volunteers who have the ability to read cursive writing to help them transcribe and tag records of over 200 years' worth of documents. Amid the rise of computers,
National Archives seeks cursive readers for digitization project
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Cursive writing an important part of our heritage
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In School I Hated Learning Cursive With a Fountain Pen. Now I See the Appeal.
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Can you read cursive? The National Archives wants your help.
With the ability to read and write cursive becoming more rare, the National Archives is looking for some important volunteers ...
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Can you read cursive? The National Archives needs volunteers with your 'superpower'
“If you look at Abigail Adams' letters to her husband (President John Adams) and his responses, the cursive is an art form, it’s so uniform,” she said. AI is starting to be able to read ...