Author:Barnard, E; Davel, M; Van Heerden, CDate:Sep 2009The authors investigate the number of speakers and the amount of data that is required for the development of useable speaker-independent speech-recognition systems in resource-scarce languages. Their experiments employ the Lwazi corpus, which ...Read more
Author:Gumede, T; Plauche, MDate:Mar 2009This paper describes sociological fieldwork conducted in the autumn of 2008 in eleven rural communities of South Africa. The goal of the fieldwork was to evaluate the potential role of automated telephony services in improving access to ...Read more