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My previous pinned #introductionpost post is quite old, so here's a new go ...

I teach #linguistics at the #UniversityOfAlberta. Professional interests include #AccessiblePedagogy, #Phonetics, #QuantitativeMethods (#statistics), #SpeechTechnology, #InternetLinguistics, #WritingSystems, and #EnglishSpellingReform

Outside of work, I like #ScottishCountryDancing, #Canoeing, and various nerdy pursuits such as #TTRPGs and #StarTrek. 🤓

Researchers build AI-driven sarcasm detector

Being able to detect lowest form of wit could help AI interact with people more naturally, say scientists

The Guardian

I'll be on the panel at the #KCIVirtualCafe on Sept 26 at 15:30. 🇪🇺 Tune in to hear from the European Commission's Director General for Interpretation and an array of people working at the burgeoning interface of language + technology. 🔗 https://commission.europa.eu/news/fifth-kci-virtual-cafe-2023-09-12_en

I will be focusing on the importance of #SpeechTechnology through the lens of the new MSc Voice Technology and the Speech Tech lab at Campus Fryslân - University of Groningen.
#SCICkci

The Fifth KCI Virtual Cafe

Special edition on the occasion of the European Day of Languages & the European Year of Skills

European Commission

🎙️ ✨ A new episode has been published on @ITSPmagazine

Show: Redefining Society With @Marcociappelli

Episode: Voice of the Future: Exploring AI, Speech Tech, Ethics, and Regulations

Guest: Nigel Cannings

Podcast format: Audio & Video

Enjoy!

👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/redefining-society

#AI #speechtechnology #ethics #society #technology #podcast

Redefining Society Podcast With Marco Ciappelli | A Podcast about the relationship between Society and Technology. — ITSPmagazine Podcast Network | ITSPmagazine At the Intersection of Technology, Cybersecurity, and Society.

Redefining Society Podcast | Musing On Society & Technology | Hosted by Marco Ciappelli Let's face it: the future is now. We live in a Hybrid Analog Digital Society, and we must stop ignoring it or pretending that technology is not affecting us. The line between the physical and vir

ITSPmagazine Podcast Network

Funding to join the Voice Tech team at the @universityofgroningen Faculty Campus Fryslan to work on #SpeechTechnology for small languages! More info about short-term scientific missions as part of our #LITHME COST Action:

https://open.substack.com/pub/voicetechnology/p/short-term-scientific-mission-to?r=2fcmj9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Short-Term Scientific Mission to the University of Groningen! 🇪🇺

Funding for collaboration with the Voice Tech team 💰

Voice Tech News

Awesome episode, as usual.

What particularly stood out to me was the brief discussion of #SpeechTechnology starting around 44:00 - Speech recognition in multilingual contexts is wild!
[Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics] 77: How kids learn language in Singapore - Interview with Woon Fei Ting #lingthusiasmAPodcastThatsEnthusiasticAboutLinguistics
https://podcastaddict.com/episode/153275519 via @PodcastAddict

77: How kids learn language in Singapore - Interview with Woon Fei Ting • Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics - via Podcast Addict

Singapore is a small city-state nation with four official languages: English, Mandarin, Tamil, and Malay. Most Singaporeans can also speak a local hybrid variety known as Singlish, which arose from this highly multilingual environment to create something unique to the island. An important part of growing up in Singapore is learning which of your language skills to use in which situation. In this episode, your host Gretchen McCulloch gets enthusiastic about how kids learn language in Singapore with Woon Fei Ting, who’s a Research Associate and the Lab Manager at the Brain, Language & Intersensory Perception Lab at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. We talk about how the rich multilingual environment in Singapore led Fei Ting and the lab to do language documentation while trying to figure out how kids learn to talk in Singapore, creating a dictionary of Red Dot Baby Talk (named after how Singapore looks like a red dot on the world map). We also talk about Singlish more generally, some words that Gretchen has learned on her trip, doing research with kids and parents via Zoom, and the role of a lab manager and other lab members in doing linguistic research. Read the transcript here: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/709464013986217984/transcript-episode-77-how-kids-learn-language-in Announcements: Our liveshow is in just a few days!! Gretchen will be chatting to Dr Kirby Conrod (from our episode about the grammar of singular they lingthusiasm.com/post/615600862742609920/lingthusiasm-episode-43-the-grammar-of-singular) about language and gender on February 18th (Canada) slash 19th (Australia)! You can find out what time that is for you here (www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Lingthusiasm+Liveshow&iso=20230218T16&p1=179&ah=1). This liveshow is for Lingthusiam patrons and will take place on the Lingthusiasm Discord server. Become a patron before the event to ask us questions in advance or live-react in the text chat. This episode will also be available as an edited-for-legibility recording in your usual Patreon live feed if you prefer to listen at a later date. In the meantime: ask us questions about gender or tell us about your favourite examples of gender in various languages and we might include them in the show! Join us at www.patreon.com/lingthusiasm In this month’s bonus episode we get enthusiastic about what we've been up to in 2022 and what's coming up for 2023. We also talk about our favourite linguistics paper that we read in 2022 slash possibly ever: okay, yes, academic papers don’t typically do this, but this paper has spoilers, so we STRONGLY recommend reading it yourself here before listening to this episode, or check out the sample paragraph on the Patreon post. Join us on Patreon now to get access to this and 70+ other bonus episodes, as well as access to the Lingthusiasm Discord server where you can chat with other language nerds, and get access to this weekends liveshow at www.patreon.com/lingthusiasm For the links mentioned in the episode:https://lingthusiasm.com/post/709463972446879744/singapore-is-a-small-city-state-nation-with-four

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Discover the Future of Speech Technology!

🤖 Speech Tech Summer School: 🤖 robots, 👾 video games, 🗯 voice cloning ... and more!

🗓 May 14-17
📍 Campus Fryslân - University of Groningen @universityofgroningen , the Netherlands

⏰ Few spots left!

https://www.rug.nl/education/summer-winter-schools/speech-technology/?lang=en

Please share w interested students of all backgrounds!
#voicetechnology #speechtechnology #speechtech, #summerschool #speechrecognition #voiceai

Speech Technology: Charting New Futures

Explore, Create, Transform: Dive into the world of speech tech in our 5-day Speech Technology  summer school – where innovation meets ethics and...

University of Groningen

Discover the Future of Speech Technology!

🤖 Speech Tech Summer School: robots, video games, voice cloning ... and more!
🗓 May 14-17
📍 Campus Fryslân - University of Groningen, the Netherlands

From robots 🤖 to video games 👾 to speech recognition 🗯, our hands-on summer school will feature workshops plus, speakers from Google, Respeecher, and more.

⏰ Space is limited!
https://www.rug.nl/education/summer-winter-schools/speech-technology/?lang=en

#voicetechnology #speechtechnology #speechtech, #summerschool #speechrecognition #voiceai

Speech Technology: Charting New Futures

Explore, Create, Transform: Dive into the world of speech tech in our 5-day Speech Technology  summer school – where innovation meets ethics and...

University of Groningen