Google has launched a hieroglyph translator that uses machine learning to decipher
A tool called Fabricius will be helpfulto professional Egyptologists, anthropologists and historians in order to understand ancient inscriptions for their research. One expert welcomed this initiative, but said that in order to evaluate the application, you need to use it for specific research.
“Although the new development is impressive,it cannot yet replace a highly qualified specialist in reading ancient inscriptions. However, there are many problems - some hieroglyphs are very different from each other, the application may not count them.”
Roland Enmarch, Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool
The new tool also allows the userupload photographs of actual hieroglyphs found on artifacts and digitally enhance the images for better analysis. Users will be able to study the outlines of hieroglyphs, which the program then attempts to match with similar characters in its database.
Google expects they can createa larger database as people add new data to the system. Researchers can also annotate and touch up faded characters, leading to new historical discoveries.
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