YEREVAN -- In a sleek classroom in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, one of the poorest post-Soviet republics, 14-year-old Nazeli Ter-Petrosyan peers at the screen of her Apple Mac. During a computer programming course offered at the high-tech Tumo school, Ter-Petrosyan and her classmates learn how to digitize medieval texts. "I'm developing a program to enable artificial intelligence to read old manuscripts," said the teen. Her computer screen features a page from a 15th century Bibleheld at Armenia's famed repository of ancient writings, the Matenadaran. Armenia, which is known for its rich history and troubled past, has grappled with poverty, unemployment and ...
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