Will of Thomas Giddings (1780) Tydd St Mary: advice on AI help to transcribe it.

[Nigel Porter]

Hello,  I have had the will of Thomas Giddings (1719 - 1780) who died in Tydd St Mary and have belatedly started to transcribe it.  However it is proving difficult to read, so does anyone know if there is a free AI system that is any good to help the transcription?  It's a long will at 2 1/2 pages and looks interesting, but despite being very neatly written I'm struggling with several words.

[amondg]

It's on ancestry, what are you having trouble with?

He gives vivid descriptions of just where his land and holdings are.

Wife Eleanor
Son William
Daughters, Ann Giddings, Sarah Giddings and Jane Porter

[Nigel Porter]

Hello Amondg,  Thanks for the reply and I have a printed copy of the will that I got ages ago from Lincs Archives and also have it attached to Thomas on my Ancestry site, but for a variety of reasons I've not tried to transcribe it and now I've retired I thought I'd have a go.  However at first glance it looks daunting and if the advances in AI would make it easier I thought I'd give that a go, hence the question.  He also had another daughter, Mary, but she died aged 6 in 1783.

As you know about the contents have you transcribed it yourself, or have you just managed to read it easier than me?
 

[amondg]

When I found it on ancestry I read it, there are some words that may need some thought.

Hopefully someone will give you hints re AI

[Bookbox]

does anyone know if there is a free AI system that is any good to help the transcription?  It's a long will at 2 1/2 pages and looks interesting, but despite being very neatly written I'm struggling with several words.

I know of no AI software that will read this reliably. But there are plenty of people here on RootsChat who will be able to help you.
 
Start a new thread on the Handwriting board - https://www.rootschat.com/forum/handwriting-deciphering-recognition.

Post snippets of the image where you need help (including a few extra lines of text above and below), together with your own transcription, however incomplete it may be, and people will help you fill the gaps.

[David Nicoll]

Ancestry have an AI system in beta that has managed some astonishing transcriptions when I have tried it. But it seems not available for this. Licensing or something I presume

[Nigel Porter]

Hi David,  I am trying the Ancestry Beta transcription, but it does not work consistently.  I got an initial result that was good, but lost it before I could transfer it to a document and since then it either does not work, or I get a strange result with lots of references to Kent!  I'll keep trying.

[David Nicoll]

Interesting it is working for you, was not available for me for some reason

[ptdrifter]

I found this site gives an excellent starting point read quite a few words I was having trouble with

https://www.transkribus.org/languages/latin

Just need to select the language the file is in first