Search Results - "speech recognition"

Automatic speech recognition model development report by Mganga, Nelson, Jones-Garcia, Eliot, Koo, Jawoo

“…This project builds on previous work where an earlier study sought to establish proof of concept on how speech recognition, along with natural language processing and text analysis techniques, can help to better identify farmer demands and target digital extension, particularly in the Global South. …”
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Longa: An automated speech recognition tool for Bantu languages by Mganga, Nelson, Jones-Garcia, Eliot, Monsalue, Andrea Gardeazabal, Koo, Jawoo

“…Farm Radio International (FRI) and the CGIAR Research Initiative on Digital Innovation have col laborated on the development of an end-to-end, automatic speech recognition pipeline for the tran scription, translation, and analysis of Swahili and Luganda. …”
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Using automatic speech recognition to transcribe voice messages from African farmers by Farm Radio International

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Speech recognition, machine translation, and corpus analysis for identifying farmer demands and targeting digital extension by Jones-Garcia, Eliot

“…This report reviews several approaches to overcoming technical constraints and then presents a cutting-edge approach that utilizes innovations in unsupervised learning to deliver highly accurate speech recognition and machine translation in a diverse set of languages.…”
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Hitting the right tone [talking drums, Nigeria] by Adégbölá, Túndé

“…The traditional Yoruba talking drums' of Nigeria provided inspiration for a unique approach to speech recognition technology. The technique could be applied to other African languages and used in literacy programmes…”
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Report of CGIAR’s Digital Transformation Accelerator side event–AI-powered innovation: Acceleration research for agri-food system transformation by Ojanji, Wandera, Dhulipala, Ram

“…The project combines frugal innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and speech recognition to empower breeding programs and integrate farmer voices into research workflows. • The Agricultural Information Exchange Platform (AIEP): A multi-organization initiative piloted AI-powered advisory tools tailored for smallholder farmers in Kenya and India. …”
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