Date: December 23, 2024
Speaker: Dr. Balamurugan VT
This technological initiative bridges historical Tamil palm leaf manuscripts and modern scholarship through artificial intelligence. Using advanced image preprocessing and deep learning CNN models, the system achieves 94% accuracy in transcribing ancient Tamil scripts into contemporary characters. This transformative tool addresses the shortage of transcription experts while making centuries of invaluable literary, medical, religious, and historical knowledge accessible to modern researchers. Historically forgotten area of Tamil Music system has been revived using Thevaram Pann Classification with state of art AI technologies, with reference to existing classical music systems in India.