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Code-switched English pronunciation modeling for Swahili spoken term detection

Author: Kleynhans, N ; Hartman, W ; Van Niekerk, D ; Van Heerden, C ; Schwartz, R ; Tsakalidis, S ; Davel, M Date: May 2016 We investigate modeling strategies for English code-switched words as found in a Swahili spoken term detection system. Code switching, where speakers switch language in a conversation, occurs frequently in multilingual environments, and ... Read more
Lwazi II Final Report: Increasing the impact of speech technologies in South Africa

Author: Calteaux, Karen V ; De Wet, Febe ; Moors, C ; Van Niekerk, D ; McAlister, B ; Grover, AS ; Reid, T ; Davel, M ; Barnard, E ; Van Heerden, C Date: Feb 2013 From 2010-2012 the Human Language Technology (HLT) research group of the CSIR Meraka Institute received funding from the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) for a project entitled Lwazi II: Increasing the impact of speech technologies in ... Read more
Rhetoric or action: Are South African municipalities planning for climate change?

Author: Faling, W ; Tempelhoff, JWN ; Van Niekerk, D Date: Jun 2012 In 2008 the South African National Disaster Management Centre commissioned a study into measures taken by local municipalities to plan for climate change. Two areas were selected for their dissimilar climatic challenges: the //Khara Hais ... Read more
Tone realisation in a Yoruba speech recognition corpus

Author: Van Niekerk, D ; Barnard, E Date: May 2012 The authors investigate the acoustic realisation of tone in short continuous utterances in Yoruba. Fundamental frequency contours are extracted for automatically aligned syllables from a speech corpus of 33 speakers collected for speech ... Read more
Using cell phones to improve language skills: the Hadeda project

Author: Butgereit, L ; Botha, Adèle ; Van Niekerk, D Date: Dec 2009 Language skills are essential for education and economic development. Many countries (especially in Africa) have more than one official language and even more unofficial languages. Being able to express oneself effectively in the written word ... Read more

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