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Using Local LLMs for Video RAG
Testing a locally run pipeline that detects shots, transcribes speech, describes scenes and makes public-domain films searchable.
Wali: Reverse Geocoding and Wikidata Linking
A self-hosted prototype for finding places in text, reverse geocoding coordinates and linking the results to Wikidata.
Making the Eyes in Historical Photographs Follow You
A history-hackathon experiment that gives archival portraits animated eyes and uses webcam tracking to follow the viewer.
Using Face Tracking to Navigate IIIF Images
An experiment using face-api.js and OpenSeadragon to zoom into an IIIF image as the viewer moves closer to the screen.
Turning Historical Newspaper Articles into Audio
A hackathon workflow using Llama 3 and ElevenLabs to summarise historical newspaper articles and turn them into spoken audio.
Wales on the Move: Visualising 24 Hours of Bus Traffic
A map-based visualisation following bus traffic across Wales over a full day.
The scourge of the Cambrian News - Who is FredEvans?
Analysing the activity, sentiment and recurring language of a prolific commenter on the Cambrian News website.
Using Machine Learning to find female scientists in historical Newspaper and Journals
An NLP workflow for linking names in historical newspapers and journals
Faces of the Welsh Newspapers Online
A National Library of Wales hackathon experiment visualising faces in Welsh Newspapers Online over time, grouped by month.
Crime and Punishment in Wales from 1730 to 1830
Exploring crimes, criminals and punishments in the gaol files of the Court of Great Sessions in Wales from 1730 to 1830.
Exploring the data behind Peoples Collection Wales
The People’s Collection Wales passed 90,000 uploads, making it a good moment to explore the data behind the website.
Timeline of every front page from Historic Welsh Newspapers
Recreating a visual timeline of newspaper front pages using the National Library of Wales’s historic newspaper collection.
Cooking with Machine Learning, searching for recipes in Historical Newspaper articles
Using machine learning to identify recipes in more than 200,000 articles from the Welsh Newspapers Online collection.
National Library of Wales Shipping Records
The National Library of Wales have made available transcriptions of shipping records from 1856 to 1914, which were transcribed by volunteers at the National Library.