About This Site

Search through Whisper-generated transcriptions of historical audio recordings available from the National Diet Library of Japan.

Data

  • Audio data is described using the IIIF Presentation API v3.
  • Audio playback uses the IIIF React Media Player (Ramp).
  • Audio data and IIIF manifest files are served from mdx.jp object storage.
  • Thumbnail images are generated by OpenAI's DALL-E 3, using transcript summaries as prompts.

Technology

  • This web application is built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and React InstantSearch, deployed on Vercel.
  • Algolia is used as the search engine.