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57: Making machines learn Fon and other African languages - Interview with Masakhane

Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics

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Challenges of Data Availability in African Languages

The chapter discusses the challenges of obtaining data for machine translation systems for African languages, including the lack of readily available translation pairs and limited access to data sources. It also mentions projects focused on creating keyboards and spell checkers for Southern African languages to facilitate data gathering.

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