A new AI-powered speech translation system for Hokkien pioneers a new approach for a primarily oral language

Meta’s new AI-powered speech translation system for Hokkien pioneers a new approach for an unwritten language Until now, AI translation has mainly focused on written languages. Yet nearly half of the world’s 7,000+ living languages are primarily oral and do not have a standard or widely used writing system. This makes it impossible to build machine translation tools using standard techniques, whic

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逐次処理的に音声認識→翻訳→音声合成するシステムはあるよなあ、と思ったら、"Hokkien"というのが"unwritten language"で標準的な文法がない言語らしい。

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"@MetaAI (1/3) Until now, AI translation has focused mainly on written languages. Universal Speech Translator (UST) is the 1st AI-powered speech-to-speech translation system for a primarily oral language, translating Hokkien, one of many …" from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1582776841001000960