Author:Moors, Carmen; Wilken, Ilana; Calteaux, Karen V; Gumede, TebogoDate:Sep 2018Almost a decade has passed since the first audit on the state of HLT in South Africa was published in 2009. An increase in HLT R&D in South Africa since then, as well as developments in language resource management in the country surfaced the ...Read more
Author:Wilken, Ilana; Gumede, Tebogo; Moors, Carmen; Calteaux, Karen VDate:Dec 2018Technology audits can play a significant role in surfacing information which can be used by researchers, policymakers and funders alike to build a country’s research and development system of innovation towards increasing its competitiveness, ...Read more
Author:Badenhorst, Jacob AC; De Wet, FebeDate:Apr 2022The aim of the National Centre for Human Language Technology (NCHLT) project was to create speech and text resources that would enable Human Language Technology (HLT) development for the 11 official languages of South Africa. The speech data ...Read more
Author:Sharma Grover, A; Calteaux, Karen V; Van Huyssteen, G; Pretorius, MDate:Oct 2010South Africa is one of the few countries in the world that boasts a large number of official languages. Due to the efforts of the government and the local research and development (R&D) community all the official languages are enabled with ...Read more
Author:Grover, AS; Van Huyssteen, GB; Pretorius, MWDate:Jun 2011Human language technology (HLT) has been identified as a priority area by the South African government. However, despite efforts by government and the research and development (R&D) community, South Africa has not yet been able to maximise ...Read more
Author:Grover, AS; Van Huyssteen, GB; Pretorius, MWDate:Jul 2011South Africa (SA) epitomises diversity, with the nation boasting eleven official languages. The field of human language technology (HLT) can play a vital role in bridging the digital divide and thus has been recognised as a priority area by ...Read more