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Speech Language Models for Under-Represented Languages

We present a novel approach to building speech-language models for West African languages, focusing on data efficiency and cultural relevance.

Y. Sy, D. Doucoure, A. Diallo, M. Ba
2025
SpeechLLMWolof
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Firtanam: Speech-to-Text for Fulani Dialects

Firtanam is an open-source speech recognition system optimized for the Fulani language family, supporting multiple dialectal variations.

Y. Sy, D. Doucoure
2023
ASRFulaOpen Source
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Scaling Laws for West African Corpora

An exploration of how scaling laws differ when training language models on predominantly oral languages with limited digital resources.

Research Team
2023
ScalingDataResearch
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Optimizing Inference on Consumer Hardware

Technical architecture for deploying voice AI in low-connectivity environments, with a focus on edge computing and model compression.

Engineering Team
2024
Edge AIOfflineOptimization