Speaking Machines and Living Languages
Guest lecture on the intersection of speech technology, linguistics, and cultural preservation at the University of Warsaw's BREAKTHROUGHS conference.
Oct 17, 2025
Beyond "Hey Siri": towards Inclusive Speech Technology
Featured in the University of Groningen news about our work on speech technology for lesser-resourced languages, accessibility, and sarcasm detection.
Mar 24, 2025
Enhancing Standard and Dialectal Frisian ASR: Multilingual Fine-tuning and Language Identification for Improved Low-resource Performance
We improve Frisian ASR performance by using multilingual fine-tuning and language identification, highlighting the challenges in dialectal speech recognition and the importance of elicitation methods in evaluating real-world performance.
Mar 7, 2025
Evaluating Standard and Dialectal Frisian ASR: Multilingual Fine-tuning and Language Identification for Improved Low-resource Performance
We improve ASR for Frisian and its dialects through multilingual fine-tuning and auxiliary language identification, while highlighting the challenges of dialectal speech recognition.
Feb 7, 2025
Meta Learning Text-to-Speech Synthesis in over 7000 Languages
We developed a meta-learning approach for text-to-speech synthesis that works across 7000+ languages, especially benefiting under-resourced and endangered languages.
Jun 1, 2024
Speech Technology for Lesser-resourced Languages
Research on developing speech technology solutions for languages with limited resources.
Oct 26, 2023
Strategies in Transfer Learning for Low-Resource Speech Synthesis: Phone Mapping, Features Input, and Source Language Selection
A comparative study of different transfer learning strategies for text-to-speech synthesis in low-resource languages.
Jun 21, 2023
The Effects of Input Type and Pronunciation Dictionary Usage in Transfer Learning for Low-Resource Text-to-Speech
A study of input types and pronunciation dictionary alternatives for text-to-speech in low-resource languages, with a focus on West Frisian.
Jun 1, 2023
Resource-Efficient Fine-Tuning Strategies for Automatic MOS Prediction in Text-to-Speech for Low-Resource Languages
Research on efficient strategies for automatic Mean Opinion Score prediction in text-to-speech for low-resource languages, with a case study on West Frisian.
May 30, 2023
Improving Luxembourgish Speech Recognition with Cross-Lingual Speech Representations
A study on improving automatic speech recognition for Luxembourgish through cross-lingual speech representations and transfer learning.
Jan 1, 2023