The response has been absolutely incredible," Lizzie Dunford, Director of the Jane Austen's House Museum, shared with Euronews Culture. "We were contacted by over 2000 people offering their help in the first 24 hours - and for just 79 pages of text."
There is clearly a huge public appetite to be involved in working with these documents from our cultural and literary heritage, so this has been fantastic to see.
Existing volunteers have been sent a high-definition image of one page of the memoir along with instructions.
The webpage explains: 'Reading and recording historic handwriting can be challenging, but it isn't complicated. You just write down exactly what you see on the page!'
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