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sop

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7. My ability to write in a cursive has diminished since I began using keyboards and touchscreens almost exclusively.

Reply to allegorical oracle (Original post)

Sun Jan 12, 2025, 09:09 AM

11 hrs ago

I used to fill up entire blue books with quite legible cursive during college exams, but now I find myself printing when writing by hand because my cursive style is hard to read. Cursive has become a lost art.

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National Archives looking for volunteers to read cursive documents [View all] allegorical oracle 12 hrs ago OP

So they want volunteers? House of Roberts 12 hrs ago #1

I suppose it sells better than saying they're seeking dinosaurs. Hugin 11 hrs ago #2

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave 8 hrs ago #30

Volunteers that know how to read. If they still taught cursive and doc03 11 hrs ago #3

The documents are very difficult to marybourg 11 hrs ago #5

It's also not just cursive, as we know it. wnylib 11 hrs ago #8

Also there's deterioration in the ink and paper over marybourg 11 hrs ago #10

I imagine many docs are palimpsests. nt Ilsa 9 hrs ago #22

My Grandmother DeepWinter 9 hrs ago #25

I have trouble reading my father's cursive - it was beautiful and heavily stylized. nt yellowdogintexas 7 hrs ago #31

I do genealogy too and some of the old documents are almost impossible to read. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #32

I've had trouble reading the handwriting of wnylib 6 hrs ago #33

Yes try it in French/Gaelic/Latin. Irish_Dem 6 hrs ago #34

RE: not understanding people's accents. wnylib 4 hrs ago #37

I can imagine that it's very difficult. old time cursive is very hard (for me) to read BlueWaveNeverEnd 10 hrs ago #12

I tried it once and they assigned me marybourg 11 hrs ago #4

I did take a look at the information page. Hugin 11 hrs ago #6

My ability to write in a cursive has diminished since I began using keyboards and touchscreens almost exclusively. sop 11 hrs ago #7

It reads "For lo these many years." NameAlreadyTaken 11 hrs ago #9

Eventually thinkingagain 10 hrs ago #11

People who want or need to read cursive can learn to do so on their own. Mariana 10 hrs ago #13

Won't need encryption anymore! Just handwrite your plan of attack in cursive erronis 9 hrs ago #19

I will give it a shot Marthe48 10 hrs ago #14

People who can't read cursive William769 10 hrs ago #15

Yeah, but ... mahatmakanejeeves 10 hrs ago #16

Yeah, it can be a bit challenging. But you adapt. Igel 5 hrs ago #35

I also speak cursive Johonny 9 hrs ago #17

You mean loopy? erronis 9 hrs ago #18

+1 Chuckle. Years back I worked at 'The Paper Mountain' as NARA employees appalachiablue 9 hrs ago #24

National 3auld6phart 9 hrs ago #20

I doubt most people will be able to read older cursive Meowmee 9 hrs ago #21

I love the old writing. Linda ladeewolf 9 hrs ago #23

Thank you for posting this! Dem2theMax 9 hrs ago #26

Too complicated for AI? no_hypocrisy 8 hrs ago #27

pay per page... it'll get done. WarGamer 8 hrs ago #28

Whut 😮 Blue_Tires 8 hrs ago #29

Used to volunteer for Project Gutenberg. Igel 5 hrs ago #36