Transcription of heard text - Many Hungarian families keep recordings at home in which their ancestors tell their own stories, but the quality of these may have deteriorated so much over the decades that their text transcription is extremely difficult. This service provides a solution to this: we reconstruct and transcribe what is heard with high accuracy, by ear - also deciphering it from the context. Putting it into writing is also significant because this way the information can reach a wider audience, becomes searchable, and when printed, is not subject to technological obsolescence. A visually impaired professional participates in the work, who, due to their traits, has a more refined hearing than average.

oral history interview — It allows our elderly relatives to pass on family stories so that descendants can also get to know them. Unfortunately, we often only realize afterward how great it would have been to accurately preserve this knowledge, but due to declining health or passing away, this is often no longer possible. This is where the service helps, within the framework of which we conduct interviews even with people living in nursing homes, and then transcribe them into paper-based documents—even in the form of a book. The interviews are conducted by a professional with a degree in history who evokes past events and life situations using a special collection of sources.

Surname etymology Our family names are like a small history book: they preserve our past. The past meaning, motivation, and spelling variants of names reveal the residence, occupation, social status, and other characteristics of our medieval ancestors—thereby also deepening our commitment to the family and our respect for our ancestors.

Paleography The change in handwriting over the centuries makes reading old documents almost impossible. It happens less frequently, but there are documents—either as copies obtained from archives or from private collections—that descendants can no longer interpret; professional transcription from the Latin language can also pose a problem, as the meanings of certain expressions are lost in the mists of time. We provide assistance in bringing these documents to life, transcribing, and translating them.