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In this paper, we present OTTO, a web-based transcription tool which is designed for diplomatic transcription of historical language data. The tool supports fast and accurate typing, by use of user-defined special characters, and, simultaneously, providing a view on the manuscript that is as close to the original as possible. It also allows for the annotation of rich, user-defined header information. Users can log in and operate OTTO from anywhere through a standard web browser.
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Dipper, S., Schnurrenberger, M. (2011). OTTO: A Tool for Diplomatic Transcription of Historical Texts. In: Vetulani, Z. (eds) Human Language Technology. Challenges for Computer Science and Linguistics. LTC 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6562. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20095-3_42
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