Burkina Faso’s Sahal Tech Innovation Labs is working with Old Rock Group to build datasets and AI tools for Mooré, Dioula, Fulfuldé and Bambara. The partners signed an agreement in Ouagadougou on 2 November, according to TechAfrica News.
The project, called the Sahal African Language Data Platform, will start by assembling language resources. Old Rock Group will help plan the work, prepare technical infrastructure and train staff.
Language data gives developers a basis for building and evaluating tools that work in the languages their users speak. The announcement describes the scope of the partnership and its initial languages. It gives no date for a public dataset or a consumer launch.
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