{"id":19881,"date":"2026-11-14T02:25:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T02:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/interactive-ai-and-the-moravian-records\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T02:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T02:25:41","slug":"interactive-ai-and-the-moravian-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/interactive-ai-and-the-moravian-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive AI and the Moravian Records \/ Presentation at Exploring Moravian History and World Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below are the slides from a presentation given by Zack Biro and Carol Smith of Christ Church Preservation Trust and Walt Rice of R&amp;R Computer Solutions on November 13, 2026, at <em>Exploring Moravian History and World Heritage<\/em> (November 12\u201314, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2026-11-13-Phila-Cong-Interactive-AI-Moravian-Records.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 2026-11-13 Phila Cong Interactive AI and the Moravian Records.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-7d3f1c2a-5b8e-4e61-9a0c-2f4b6d8e1a35\" href=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2026-11-13-Phila-Cong-Interactive-AI-Moravian-Records.pdf\">2026-11-13 Phila Cong Interactive AI and the Moravian Records<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2026-11-13-Phila-Cong-Interactive-AI-Moravian-Records.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7d3f1c2a-5b8e-4e61-9a0c-2f4b6d8e1a35\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Demonstration of the Project\u2019s Interactive AI Using Records from the First Moravian Church of Philadelphia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The talk traces how the Philadelphia Congregations Project grew from 41,000 planned scans to more than 142,000 pages from Philadelphia\u2019s early congregations, and how AI has changed the archival work: transcriptions drafted by AI and checked by volunteers, AI-assisted descriptions of the records, and plain-language questions answered from the full text with citations to the pages. It closes with a demonstration using the records of the First Moravian Church of Philadelphia, held at the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Try it yourself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphiacongregations.org\/moravian\/\"><strong>The Moravian Philadelphia Atlas<\/strong><\/a>: the congregation\u2019s diaries, registers and membership lists turned into linked records, with maps, timelines and a network of people. Every chart leads to a record, and every record to an original page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philageohistory.org\/rdic-images\/ask-the-archives.cfm\/PhilaCong\"><strong>Ask the Archives<\/strong><\/a>: ask a question in plain language; it searches the transcriptions and answers with citations and links to the pages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are the slides from a presentation given by Zack Biro and Carol Smith of Christ Church Preservation Trust and Walt Rice of R&amp;R Computer Solutions on November 13, 2026, at Exploring Moravian History and World Heritage (November 12\u201314, 2026). 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