Crowd translator: on building localized speech recognizers through micropayments

Jonathan Ledlie; Billy Odero; Einat Minkov; Imre Kiss; Joseph Polifroni

Crowd translator: on building localized speech recognizers through micropayments

Jonathan Ledlie, Billy Odero, Einat Minkov, Imre Kiss, Joseph Polifroni

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Abstract

We present a method to expand the number of languages covered by simple speech recognizers. Enabling speech recognition in users' primary languages greatly extends the types of mobile-phone-based applications available to people in developing regions. We describe how we expand language corpora through user-supplied speech contributions, how we quickly evaluate each contribution, and how we pay contributors for their work.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	84-89
Number of pages	6
Journal	Operating systems review
Volume	43
Issue number	4
State	Published - 2010

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