StoryTech

StoryTech revolutionizes data extraction from archival documents. Old handwritten and printed documents.

1. Efficient selection and bulk downloading of archival documents
2. Easy access to Best-in-class transcription
3. Smart Data extraction with customised Large Language Model (AI) solutions
4. Dynamic Visualizations: Transform data sets into engaging, interactive visuals

StoryTech is used for metadata extraction, creating summaries, document comparison, conversational search and pattern analysis.

Our typical clients ? Archives, Museums and Libraries.

Use Cases

StoryTech opens doors to the past with its versatile platform. Dive into historical charter party documents, explore detailed estate records, and trace the evolution of property ownership. Our innovative tools breathe life into these documents, making historical research engaging and enlightening. With StoryTech, the past is not just preserved; it's reimagined for a deeper understanding of our shared heritage.

Charter Party

Meticulous 17th-century handwritten Charter Party documents.

Estate inventories

Visualize the opulent world of 17th-century Amsterdam.

Creating meta data

Create and improve your meta data.

Artist Letters

Transforming artist letters into revealing insights with StoryTech.

Charter Party

These meticulous handwritten charter-party documents are agreements between skippers and merchants to transport goods mostly around Europe, as well as to the West and East Indies. They contain a wealth of information on harbours, goods, spices, prices, and the period specific terms and conditions in these contracts. All these ‘data points’ partly hidden in the documents will be pulled to the surface by StoryTech enabling for further analysis and a captivating visualization.

Estate inventories

Visualize the opulent world of 17th century Amsterdam, exploring the exquisite household and luxury goods that adorned the grand canal houses and residences across different neighborhoods.

Experience archival research like never before – a project that used to take years can now be accomplished within a matter of months, combining speed and enjoyment.

Creating meta data

Assume your archive or heritage institution holds a large quantity of old property transaction documents. Documents are both handwritten and printed. Houses, ships and cattle all appear in these documented transactions, alongside intriguing and peculiar details corresponding with the historical period they represent. Very rich and fascinating sources!

You can use StoryTech to extract the relevant meta data from these documents; for example transaction date, location, asset type, price, conditions, buyer and seller.

The extracted data can easily flow back into your collection database. From now on those documents that – before using StoryTech - were only traceable on a batch level (e.g. notarial protocol) are directly individually accessible and searchable for the visitors and clients of your archive or institution.

Too good to be true? Not all. We can start today. Get in touch with us.

Artist Letters

Artist letters are treasure troves of insight, offering unparalleled perspectives into their oeuvre. Often these letters remain underutilized, their secrets locked away due to the challenges of transcription and analysis. This is where StoryTech steps in, revolutionizing how these valuable resources are accessed and understood.

Imagine being able to unlock the full potential of your artist letter collection in a fraction of the usual time. StoryTech makes this possible. Our advanced platform not only transcribes these letters quickly and accurately but also employs large language models to delve deep into their content.

Analysis and visualisation where the dots are being connected; artist’s words and their works, relationships with dealers, and interactions with clients.

Interested? Reach out for a free StoryTech demo.

Modules

Use Archie – The Archival Download Bot. Select And download the documents you need.

Using best in class transcription software

Utilising Large Language Models to analyse historical documents

Visualization tools for interactive maps, graphs and tables

StoryTech’s capabilities can be enjoyed in full. Meet Archie, StoryTech’s Archival Download Bot. Use Archie to collect the historical documents you need and offer them for transcription. Then use our LLM*-powered data extraction that feeds into the visualization tool.

You may also choose to use StoryTech’s modules separately. Outsource the heavy lifting of selecting and downloading your source files by taking a subscription to Archie. In case you already have your transcriptions, then team up with us to define your data extraction goals and research questions. Our prompt engineers will ensure that the LLMs used will cater to your data needs. Certainly, if you have a rich dataset and are wondering how to visualize the content while simultaneously allowing for interactive analysis, StoryTech will make it happen.

(*) Large Language Model, often more broadly referred to as with the term ‘AI’.

About

StoryTech was founded with a simple belief: the way we explore history is changing very fast. All due to the relentless development of new technologies. The way we learn about history, the way we look at stories about our past, the way we conduct historical research, the way we present history, all these aspects are fundamentally changing.

StoryTech is part of that change. You are invited to join us.

Our office nestled by Amsterdam's 17th-century canals immerses us in history daily, providing an inspiring backdrop for what we do.

Our international team comprises the centre of our efforts. StoryTech’s team encompasses a mix of (art) historians, IT developers, designers and sales staff. It is working alongside archives, museums, private collections and research institutes to realize their goals in research by opening up vast amounts of previously inaccessible sources. We make archival research Fast & Fun.

Modules

Archie – The Archival Download Bot

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