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Disrupting Voice Technology Status Quo through Kiswahili Hackathons
Mozilla Foundation Blog foundation.mozilla.org
Speech recognition products have a language problem.
Although several voice-activated chatbots and assistants fluently speak English and other European languages, there are fewer alternatives for African languages and other low-resourced languages.
Mozilla’s Common Voice Kiswahili team has been organizing a four-part hackathon series to increase the number of voice technologists across East Africa by equipping technical communities with the skills to train voice technology.
For voice technology to make a significant step from novelty to everyday utility, it needs to …
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