Normally I'd love to help with projects like this #HandWriting#recognition task from the Australian War Memorial - because many people never learned to read or write cursive script, they need help to transcript the cursive handwriting of war letters.
But I also know that at some point, a startup is going to want that data for a handwriting recognition tool that's proprietary and available only as a paid service.
And that the market incentives will be too good for a government organisation not to sell that data.
So, no. I'm too cynical now to help with these sorts of projects ...
