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Two thirds of the 7,000+ languages spoken today do not have a written form. In many low- and middle-income countries, colonial languages like English or French are the teaching medium, but that doesn’t mean that the majority are comfortable reading and writing them.

This is why multilingual voice technology has the power to overcome language and literacy barriers, allowing users to navigate digital spaces and access vital information in the audio form that is easiest for them.

But to produce quality technology, we require vast amounts of data, which we seldom have enough of for most of the world's languages. Read more about how data matters for language technology: clearglobal.org/voice-isnt-f...

clearglobal.orgVoice isn’t failing LMICs - the data is - CLEAR GlobalWhy the data behind voice technology matters A few weeks ago, ICTWorks raised a valid alarm: voice-only interfaces are often failing small businesses in […]

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