Evaluating Deep Learning Methods for Word Segmentation of Scripta Continua Texts in Old French and Latin

Evaluating Deep Learning Methods for Word Segmentation of Scripta Continua Texts in Old French and Latin

Introduction: Thibault Clérice reports on the successfulness of recognizing word boundaries in scripta continua (typically late classic and early medieval Latin). This will not be easy reading for many a philologist and classicist, but it is well worth trying to bridge the gap. Next to explaining and evaluating Thibault Clérice releases the software Boudams used for his research.

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