Rainer Simon
Rainer Simon
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A collector of things worth knowing and things not worth knowing. Freelance software developer.... show more
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New post on the #liiive blog: Introducing the Path drawing tool. liiive.now/blog/2025-07-path-drawing-tool #IIIF #ImageAnnotation
If you haven’t checked in on #IMMARKUS lately (understandable—there’s been a lot going on!)—we’ve added even more transcription service options. You can now run OCR or full-text transcription with a single click using: • Anthropic Claude • Azure Computer Vision • Google Gemini • Google Vision... show more
In our quest to make #OCR as easy to use as possible, we've added two new services to #IMMARKUS: Google Gemini and OpenAI GPT. (You’ll need to bring your own API keys to use them.) Both return full-text transcriptions–no bounding boxes–so you’ll need to select a region before running them.... show more
We’re adding more OCR and image annotation services to #IMMARKUS! Now available: Google Vision API — which actually works really well with historical materials, too. 👀 (Note: you’ll need to bring your own API key.) #DigitalHumanities #IIIF #OCR #ImageAnnotation
Just took MapReader for a spin—an open-source library for analyzing historical map images, built by my former colleagues from the #MachinesReadingMaps project. I'm honestly in awe of the text spotting results–so much progress! I set up an example result here—that's out-of-the-box config, default model, no... show more
We've been working on a little library that might be useful if you work with #TEI and NER or text analysis: • Extract plaintext from TEI • Run your NER/NLP tools • Map results back into the original TEI—without breaking anything! Perfect for adding automated annotations to existing... show more
Want to use Meta’s Segment Anything with #OpenSeadragon? I finally wrote up a proper README for the #Annotorious plugin: 👉 github.com/annotorious/plugin-segment-anything Give it a try—and let me know what you build! #SegmentAnything #IIIF #Annotation
Question to the hive mind: can you recommend digital editions or online publications that utilize #IIIF for presenting research outputs? Looking for examples & best practices.
Wait... is that a new button in #IMMARKUS? 🪄 Yes! Click the magic wand for automatic object selection, powered by #SegmentAnything. Just point, click, and let AI do the work! Try it out and let us know what you think. #DigitalHumanities #IIIF
New post! 🧭 Navigating the IIIF Landscape: A Guide to Finding Images & Manifests. I gathered your community tips, hidden gems & helpful tools for discovering IIIF content. Thanks to everyone who contributed! #IIIF #DigitalHumanities #liiive liiive.now/blog/2025-02-navigating-the-iiif-lan...