Imperial War Museums makes 20,000 hours of oral history accessible with AI

This article was first published by blooloop.

Imperial War Museums (IWM), Capgemini, and Google Cloud today announced a significant partnership to successfully transcribe and translate over 20,000 hours of IWM’s oral history collection using AI technology.

This project will provide access to firsthand accounts of 20th-century conflicts for the public, researchers, and educators worldwide, utilising advanced generative AI to transcribe, translate, and facilitate interactive archive exploration.

IWM intends to make this new technology accessible to the public through its website later this year. This platform will enhance existing recordings and resources, enabling users to search through over two million collection items.