Building Text and Speech Benchmark Datasets and Models for Low-Resourced East African Languages: Experiences and Lessons

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dc.contributor.authorNakatumba-Nabende, Joyce
dc.contributor.authorNabende, Peter
dc.contributor.authorMukiibi, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorMutebi, Chodrine
dc.contributor.authorKatumba, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-11T08:23:20Z
dc.date.available2025-03-11T08:23:20Z
dc.date.issued2025-03-26
dc.description.abstractAfrica has over 2000 languages; however, those languages are not well represented in the existing natural language processing ecosystem. African languages lack essential digital resources to effectively engage in advancing language technologies. There is a need to generate high-quality natural language processing resources for low-resourced African languages. Obtaining high-quality speech and text data is expensive and tedious because it can involve manual sourcing and verification of data sources. This paper discusses the process taken to curate and annotate text and speech datasets for five East African languages: Luganda, Runyankore-Rukiga, Acholi, Lumasaba, and Swahili. We also present results obtained from baseline models for machine translation, topic modeling and classification, sentiment classification, and automatic speech recognition tasks. Finally, we discuss the experiences, challenges, and lessons learned in creating the text and speech datasets.
dc.identifier.citationNakatumba‐Nabende, J., Babirye, C., Nabende, P., Tusubira, J. F., Mukiibi, J., Wairagala, E. P., ... & Katumba, A. (2024). Building Text and Speech Benchmark Datasets and Models for Low‐Resourced East African Languages: Experiences and Lessons. Applied AI Letters, 5(2), e92.https://doi.org/10.1002/ail2.92
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ail2.92
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/10111
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherApplied AI Letters,
dc.titleBuilding Text and Speech Benchmark Datasets and Models for Low-Resourced East African Languages: Experiences and Lessons
dc.typeArticle
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