Wiring Kenyan languages for the global virtual age: An audit of the human language technology resources.
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Date
2015-02-02Author
Ombui, Edward O
Muchemi, Lawrence
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Whereas we recognize the advancement of computing a
nd internet technologies over the years and
its impact in the areas of health, education, gover
nment, etc., there is increasing cognizance that th
e
languages used in these technologies will have a fa
r reaching impact in terms of accessibility and
usability by a wider audience. European languages a
nd specifically English is considered the lingua
franca of computing and the Internet due to the vas
t amount of language resources available in these
languages. Does this therefore exacerbate the lang
uage and technology gap, especially in regards
to African languages?
This research is motivated by this question and beg
ins to tackle a strand of the overarching language
technology issue by auditing the human language tec
hnologies for Kenyan languages. The research
uses the Basic Language Resource Kit (BLARK) to do
the inventory. This method has been
successfully used to conduct language resources sur
veys in other countries.
Citation
Muchemi, Lawrence(2015). Wiring Kenyan languages for the global virtual age: An audit of the human language technology resources International journal of scientific research and innovative technology, 2(2):PP. 35-42. PP.Publisher
University of Nairobi