Martin Roček (@martin.rocek.dev)

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 13, 2026, 3:00 PM

It should always be https; http should redirect there. It seems like an outdated security policy, but hard to say. If they provide more details and it turns out it’s something I need to fix, you can reach me here or via email.

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 13, 2026, 12:08 PM

Thank you, that helps! I’ve tried deploying the fix, but it might not work. Unfortunately, it’s not on my side: Vocabula is using the latest encryption (TLS 1.2+ and your uni might supports only older encryption), and Firefox’s message is slightly misleading in this case. Does it work on your phone?

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 13, 2026, 9:27 AM

No problem :) If you find something you’d like to see in Manu, let me know. Also, if there is something I can do with Vocabula so they are not considered a security risk, I’ll be happy to.

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 12, 2026, 6:54 PM

I think Comma has some expander? @ponteineptique.bsky.social might know?

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 12, 2026, 5:52 PM

Cool!! Any plans to fine-tune it on data with expanded abbreviations?

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 12, 2026, 11:59 AM

Unfortunately, I think that is beyond our capabilities. Translucens relies on colour and shifting the colour space. There is non-zero chance we can remove the visible script, but we're not able to reconstruct script below. That would require different technology. :)

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 12, 2026, 11:03 AM

We recently had an exhibition where MANU was used to annotate manuscripts: colophons-prague.vercel.app/view?url=htt...

May I also ask what security problem is there with Vocabula? I'll be happy to look into it.

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 12, 2026, 11:02 AM

MANU is meant to be more like research space. Which means besides annotating, it allows you to search through annotations, customise annotation layers, share your work with colleagues and public (while storing data on it's server) and of course cleaner interface. And there is more to come.

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 11, 2026, 8:22 PM

We've added a few more tweaks to Translucens' algorithm with
@vanlinduist.bsky.social. Some parts might be damaged beyond repair, but overall I'm quite happy with the update.

#DH #Translucens

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 10, 2026, 5:56 PM

Yup, removing certain cases of bleed-through turns out to be slightly more challenging than I initially thought. 😊

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 9, 2026, 10:32 AM

Next week I’ll be presenting MANU and Vocabula at DH breakfast lecture series in Graz. 😊 Any suggestions what to not to miss?

digital-humanities.uni-graz.at/en/events/br...

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 9, 2026, 6:31 AM

We've been busy developing Translucens with @vanlinduist.bsky.social! Soon you'll be able to try the updated interface with tool categories, and a new tool that brings faint, erased text back into view. It's also much faster now.

Screenshot of the Translucens interface, with Folio 2 (recto) of manuscript AM 194 8vo open in a before-and-after slider. The left half of the page shows the original colour photograph: dark, uneven parchment with a crease and a small tear, and hard-to-read gothic script. The right half shows the grayscale version, where the lighting is evened out and the lines of handwritten text stand out sharply against a white background. On the left, a sidebar lists Folio 1 (one recto image, no verso) and Folio 2 (recto and verso images). On the right, the Capture correction panel has "Even out lighting" switched on. "Denoise capture" and "Widen colour range" are off, and their sliders for denoise strength, denoise mix, colour stretch and tonal stretch are dimmed. View tabs at the bottom read Colour, Grayscale, Alignment, Mask: Ink and Mask: Ghost.

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 5, 2026, 6:58 PM

What if we also accounted for how bedrock shapes the way the waves spread? 🧐

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 4, 2026, 12:03 PM

I’m spending an unhealthy amount of time on this, but it’s so fun! 😅 I’ve added circles showing how the shock traveled across land and sea.

@martin.rocek.dev Oct 4, 2026, 2:18 AM

Felt my first earthquake in Iceland (M3.4), and my first thought was: It’d be fun to plot the earthquake data from Vedur API.

earthquakes-in-iceland.vercel.app

One of these late night experiments...

@martin.rocek.dev Sep 29, 2026, 8:31 PM

I'm not big fan of AI-for-everything, but not all AI is equal... a reaction to substack post of Ranke de Vries.

@digilab-imafo.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 12:01 PMReposted by @martin.rocek.dev

We extended the application deadline for Winter School: HTR of Historical Sources to 15th September 2026. This year, all sessions will be virtual, and we have added several new languages! Check out our Indico website in the comments.

Cream-coloured promotional banner titled "Winter School: HTR of Historical Sources 2026", with "2026" in large red type. Three text blocks list the working groups — Carolingian Latin, Late Medieval Latin, Early Modern German, Byzantine Greek, Syriac, Church Slavonic and Old Icelandic — the venue and schedule (2 October to 27 November 2026, virtual sessions from 2pm to 5pm), and the application deadline of 15 September 2026. At the right, a red-and-black line drawing shows a haloed medieval scribe in a red cap reading an open book, with a bird perched on his shoulder.

@digilab-imafo.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 2:26 PMReposted by @martin.rocek.dev

Join us online for SCOOP's second keynote today at 17:15 (UTC+2). Anna Dolganov and David Smith will present on generative AI in their talk: "New Epistemic Frontiers: LLMs for Linking Transcription, Editing, and Interpretation. Details in the comment.

Title slide for the 2nd Exchange Meeting of SCOOP: International Network for Automated Text Recognition of Historical Sources, held in Vienna, September 7–9, 2026. The presentation title reads "New Epistemic Frontiers: LLMs for Linking Transcription, Editing, and Interpretation" by Anna Dolganov & David Smith, Austrian Academy of Sciences & Northeastern University, with the link https://scoop-network.org.

Photo of a large tiered lecture hall with gold-paneled walls and ceiling, filled with conference attendees seated at rows of grey desks, many with laptops open, listening attentively during a SCOOP network session; one attendee near the front is a remote participant represented by a tablet showing a question mark instead of a face.

@digilab-imafo.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 7:58 PMReposted by @martin.rocek.dev

2nd Exchange Meeting of SCOOP: International Network for Automated Text Recognition of Historical Sources starts on Monday. Keynotes by Thibault Clérice, Anna Dolganov and David Smith will be streamed via Zoom. Check the website for the links.

@martin.rocek.dev Sep 3, 2026, 2:20 PM

Last chance to register for our second meeting of SCOOP - ATR network. If you’re interested in HTR or what comes next, definitely check it out. Keynotes will be streamed via Zoom if you can’t make it to Vienna.

For more information, check our website: scoop-network.org.