[A12n-Collab] RE: [msas] Bamanankan speech recognition engine

[Bakary Sylla <bakoroba@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Don,

Shi bi?na a toomo minan kono (perfect timing). You
came into the picture while I was surfing the web.  I
came across some pertinent information at your webpage
www.bisharat.net. I also had a glimpse at the A12N
gateway reference page. I will follow on with you
offline.

There may not be a plug and play solution. It will be
interesting to find out the methodology implemented
for other African languages. 

Thanks for your feedback.

/Bako

--- Don Osborn <dzo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I Sylla, i ni ce!
> 
> As far as I know there is no speech recognition
> software for Bamanankan or
> any other languages of Mali. I would be pleased to
> learn that I am
> incorrect.
> 
> There is active interest in this area among people
> like Tunde Adegbola
> (Yoruba) and Nimaan Abdillahi (Somali) (and possibly
> the Meraka Institute in
> South Africa). A few years ago Cris Culy (who was in
> Peace Corps/Mali at the
> same time I was way back in 83-85) had worked on
> speech synthesis for
> Bamanankan.
> 
> I'll cc to A12n-collaboration where there may be
> some more feedback.
> 
> Slightly tangential to the request: Not long ago I
> commented on a column
> that was not too optimistic about such advanced
> technologies in a new blog
> effort at http://donosborn.org/blog/?p=6 
> 
> Mid'o joota yimb'e ma.
> 
> Don
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bakary Sylla [mailto:bakoroba@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 10:26 AM
> > To: msas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [msas] Bamanankan speech recognition
> engine
> > 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > Aw ni ce, aw ni wagati!
> > 
> > I'm looking for a speech recognition engine
> applicable
> > to bamanankan language or any other language
> spoken in
> > Kassaro or Mopti.
> > 
> > I would like to communicate and discuss with you
> if
> > you're knowledgeable and/or interested  in the
> field
> > of speech recognition and phonetic transcription.
> > Please drop me a line if you can assist me in
> anyway.
> > 
> > Y'all have a nice weekend,
> > 
> > /Bako
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
>
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