Minna de Honkoku began as an online citizen science project to transcribe earthquake-related historical materials from the Earthquake Research Institute Library of the University of Tokyo. In Japan, almost all the documents are written in kuzushiji (old-style Japanese cursive script), a writing style used before ∼1900. Because the style of writing is different modern Japanese, transcription is necessary to use the historical documents as data for earthquake research. The workspace of Minna de Honkoku consists of a viewer of a document image and a vertical (Japanese-style) editor for transcription. Users can input transcribed text while viewing its image. The ranking of characters transcribed is displayed to keep users motivated. As of October 2024, more than 9,700 people were registered for the project, with the total number of characters transcribed at about 41 million. The text generated by Minna de Honkoku can be used for various academic research fields including seismology and can be used to enhance citizens’ disaster awareness. The paired kuzushiji characters and text data generated by Minna de Honkoku are beginning to be used as training data for artificial intelligence. ▪ Minna de Honkoku is an online citizen science project aimed at deciphering historical documents. ▪ The total number of participants is 9,700, and characters transcribed by Minna de Honkoku reaches 41 million. ▪ Minna de Honkoku began as a project to transcribe earthquake-related historical materials. ▪ The text generated by Minna de Honkoku is used in seismology and various research fields and for building artificial intelligence–based kuzushiji recognition.

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Honkoku Minna：日本历史文献的公民参与转录项目


Minna de Honkoku 最初是一个在线公民科学项目，旨在转录东京大学地震研究所图书馆的地震相关历史资料。在日本，几乎所有的文件都是用 kuzushiji（老式日本草书体）书写的，这种书写方式是在 1900 年之前使用的。由于写作风格与现代日本不同，因此使用历史文献作为地震研究的数据是必要的。Minna de Honkoku 的工作区由文档图像的查看器和用于转录的垂直（日式）编辑器组成。用户可以在查看其图像时输入转录文本。显示转录字符的排名以保持用户的积极性。截至 2024 年 10 月，该项目已有 9,700 多人注册，转录的字符总数约为 4100 万。Minna de Honkoku 生成的文本可用于包括地震学在内的各种学术研究领域，并可用于提高公民的灾害意识。Minna de Honkoku 生成的成对的 kuzushiji 字符和文本数据开始用作人工智能的训练数据。 ▪ Minna de Honkoku 是一个在线公民科学项目，旨在破译历史文献。 ▪ 参与者总数为 9,700 人，Minna de Honkoku 转录的字符达到 4100 万个。 ▪ Minna de Honkoku 最初是一个转录与地震相关的历史资料的项目。 ▪ Minna de Honkoku 生成的文本用于地震学和各种研究领域，并用于构建基于人工智能的 kuzushiji 识别。