Eastern Africa
Second Workshop on African Language Technology (AfLaT 2010) - Report
Submitted by Guy on Thu, 2010-08-05 08:33Invited Talk: Do we need linguistic knowledge for speech technology applications in African languages? | |
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Justus Roux | |
English ↔ Luo Machine Translation
Submitted by Guy on Tue, 2010-05-11 13:07| This is a rudimentary machine translation system for the language pair English - Luo (Dholuo). Its backbone is the MOSES statistical machine translation package. The system was trained on the Luo version of the New Testament. While it is therefore relatively capable of translating religious material, it is not very well suited for other registers. |
Newsletter October 2009
Submitted by Guy on Mon, 2009-10-19 14:48Dear AfLaT member,
we would like to draw your attention to some recent highlights in African Language Technology.
(1) Google announced the availability of their Swahili Machine Translation system
http://aflat.org/?q=node/346
(2) CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for the National Human Language Technology Network Day 2010
http://aflat.org/?q=node/345
(3) MURI Call for White Papers: "Structured Modeling for Low-Density Languages"
http://aflat.org/?q=node/347
Also several new publications and links have recently been added. We hope to see you soon at http://AfLaT.org!
with kind regards
the AfLaT team
Funding opportunity: MURI Call for White Papers
Submitted by Guy on Mon, 2009-10-19 14:14Funding opportunity: MURI Call for White Papers, DUE Dec 11
BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA)
Call for White Papers
DEADLINE: Dec. 11, 2009
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)
topic # 25: "Structured Modeling for Low-Density Languages"
Swahili Translation
Submitted by Guy on Mon, 2009-10-19 14:04Google translate is now available for Swahili
CBM Tanzania Kiswahili Translator
Submitted by Guy on Thu, 2009-04-30 07:45A small but functional automatic translator English to Swahili
Swahili - English Dictionary
Submitted by djoffe on Thu, 2009-03-19 05:53Software-installable Swahili - English Dictionary (created by TshwaneDJe HLT), with over 16,000 entries and phrases. Integrates into Microsoft Word to display instant lookup results as you work. Other features include bilingual 'linked view', integration with Google web and image search, basic decomposition-based searching, and instant display of related cross-references. The dictionary is corpus-based, and includes hundreds of real-world usage examples.
Ekegusii popular sayings and Wisdom
Submitted by Mashanga on Wed, 2009-02-25 14:49Abagusii, native speakers of Ekegusii language, have in the language stored wisdom and knowhow ranging from ethics to scientifically verifiable medicine. In this forum is the tip of the iceburg - Ekegusii is richer than has been so far believed.
Ekegusii popular sayings and Wisdom
Submitted by Mashanga on Wed, 2009-02-25 14:49Abagusii, native speakers of Ekegusii language, have in the language stored wisdom and knowhow ranging from ethics to scientifically verifiable medicine. In this forum is the tip of the iceburg - Ekegusii is richer than has been so far believed.
