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Humanitext Antiqua
Humanitext Antiqua is an innovative conversational platform developed to explore the vast world of Western Classics using cutting-edge AI. At its core, it combines Large Language Models (LLMs) with a trusted academic database, operating on Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technology.
Humanitext Aozora
Humanitext Aozora is an innovative platform for exploring the vast collection of the Japanese digital library "Aozora Bunko"—comprising over 17,000 works by approximately 1,000 authors—through a conversational AI. It utilizes a database of works from literary giants like Natsume Soseki and Akutagawa Ryunosuke and employs Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technology to ensure every AI-generated answer is cited from a source. This allows users to delve deeply into thematic elements, character emotions, and the beauty of the Japanese language within a reliable, academic-grade environment. It is a research and reading tool for a new era, designed for everyone from experts and students to literary enthusiasts.
Humanitext OCR
Humanitext OCR is a next-generation Optical Character Recognition (OCR) platform that leverages Google's powerful multimodal AI, Gemini, as its core engine. It goes beyond merely transcribing characters; it allows users to provide instructions in natural language to extract specific parts of a document or automatically format complex, structured information into JSON. Furthermore, it features an AI-powered auto-correction function that intelligently fixes common recognition errors found in traditional OCR. From digitizing research materials to streamlining daily data entry, Humanitext OCR meets all transcription needs with high precision and flexibility.
Latest News
12/16/2025
ANIMA ANTIQUA - Breathing Life into Classics - Video Poetry Screening & Talk Event
On December 20, 2025, Humanitext will host a screening and talk event for "ANIMA ANTIQUA," an experimental project merging Humanitext Antiqua with video generation AI, at the Tokai National Higher Education and Research System Common Nexus.
12/16/2025
Poster Presentation at the "International Symposium on Buddhist Studies and Digital Humanities"
We will present the Humanitext Project as part of the Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences (DHSS) at the symposium held at the Tokyo International Forum on December 21, 2025.
12/4/2025
Presentation at MEXT Committee on Humanities and Social Sciences
Naoya Iwata, core member of the Humanitext project, will present on AI utilization in humanities and next-generation data infrastructure at the 28th Committee on Humanities and Social Sciences on December 5, 2025.
12/4/2025
Paper on New Data Model for Humanitext Published at PNC 2025
A new paper presenting a data model for integrating annotations with Western classical texts for AI dialogue systems, presented at the PNC 2025 Annual Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, has been published.
From the Blog
12/16/2025
Resonating Solitude and the Curse of the Water-Mirror: The Tragedy of Narcissus and Echo
A tale of unrequited love and self-love depicted by the ancient Roman poet Ovid. We unravel the fates of Echo, the nymph who possessed only a voice, and Narcissus, the beautiful youth imprisoned by his own image, through the original Latin text.
12/12/2025
Beautiful Strangeness - Swimming in the Space Between Dream and Reality
Once, the darkness of night was an entrance to the "otherworld" that led people astray. Ueda Akinari, Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo), and Izumi Kyoka. These three literary masters depict a mysterious world where dreams and reality, terror and beauty, melt ambiguously together. Golden scales shimmering at the bottom of the water, white breath in the snow, the presence of beasts separated by a single wooden door... We invite you to a world of beautiful strangeness peeking through the cracks of everyday life.
12/12/2025
Laughing Askance at the World - Thrilling Irony Learned from Masterpieces
Is the common sense we believe in truly unquestionable? Here lies a collection of "traps of words that brilliantly betray common sense" set by literary giants. The refreshing quality of "enthusiastically being absent" or the paradox of overcoming temptation by "yielding" to it. These are not mere pranks, but sharp blades striking at society's contradictions. Welcome to a world of laughter filled with poison and intellect that pierces the truth deeper than sound arguments.
12/5/2025
The Aesthetics of Shadows and Imperfection - Exploring the Depths of Modern Japanese Aesthetic Consciousness
Is beauty a form perfectly revealed under light, or is it the eternal life dwelling in hidden shadows and imperfections? The words left by Tanizaki, Watsuji, and Okakura carve out a spiritual realm of beauty that defies logic and shakes the human soul.