Sustainability of Research and Development:
Date
2009Author
Gakuru, Mucemi
Tucker, Roger C F
Type
ArticleLanguage
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We share our experience on how to establish sustain
able
research and development based on successful collaborative
research between the Local Language Speech Technology
Initiative of UK and Kenyan partner - Teknobyte Ltd
.
Starting in 2003 when we embarked on spoken language
technology development, technology and expertise were
successfully transferred to the Kenyan partners, culminating
in the launch in April 2008 of the National Farmers
Information Service (NAFIS), a voice service accessed over
the phone which offers a wide range of information in Kiswahili or Kenyan English to supplement the existing agricultural extension services