Transkribus is an AI platform that transforms handwritten and printed documents into searchable, interactive knowledge. Built and owned by a cooperative with more than 250 co-owners, it serves over 500,000 users and helps archives, researchers, family historians, businesses, and developers make written heritage easier to access and use.

The platform recognizes text in more than 100 languages, including historical scripts, and offers tools for layout detection, AI model training, tagging, data extraction, search, and publishing. Users can upload document scans or phone photos, work with more than 300 community AI models, and turn results into structured datasets or public digital editions. Institutions can process large collections in batches, while researchers can collaborate on annotation and publish without coding. Developers can connect Transkribus to their own systems through a REST API, with structured outputs for downstream workflows.

Transkribus also provides searchable public sites for sharing digitized collections. New users can start free with 50 credits each month, with no credit card required.