Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 30, 2021 4:40:19 GMT 12
MĀORI ARE TRYING TO SAVE THEIR LANGUAGE FROM BIG TECH
Thanks to a $13 million grant in 2019, the Te Hiku team includes five additional data scientists and five new Māori language experts. It is now developing and refining language tools that not only preserve the language, but restore the integrity of the original sound. Its newest language app, which just reached the demo stage, is intended to help current speakers refine pronunciation and remove some of the influence of English. “We are decolonising the sound of our language,” Jones says. “We want to speak the native sound into the future of our language.”…..
www.wired.co.uk/article/maori-language-tech
Thanks to a $13 million grant in 2019, the Te Hiku team includes five additional data scientists and five new Māori language experts. It is now developing and refining language tools that not only preserve the language, but restore the integrity of the original sound. Its newest language app, which just reached the demo stage, is intended to help current speakers refine pronunciation and remove some of the influence of English. “We are decolonising the sound of our language,” Jones says. “We want to speak the native sound into the future of our language.”…..
www.wired.co.uk/article/maori-language-tech