#speechtechnology — Public Fediverse posts

🎙️ Protecting voices, sharing knowledge

In this interview, Dr. Matt Coler (@[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])) shares insights on responsible data practices in speech research — from privacy and bias to ethical Open Science.

💡 How do we balance openness with protecting vulnerable communities?

🔗 https://www.rug.nl/digital-competence-centre/contact/news/2025/responsible-data-practices-in-speech-research-an-interview-with-dr-matt-coler

#OpenScience #DataManagement #SpeechTechnology

Inside the UW Allen School: Six ‘grand challenges’ shaping the future of computer science - Magdalena Balazinska, director of the UW Allen School of Computer Science & E... - https://www.geekwire.com/2025/inside-the-uw-allen-school-six-grand-challenges-shaping-the-future-of-computer-science/ #artificialintelligence #universityofwashington #educationtechnology #magdalenabalazinska #paulg.allenschool #uwcomputerscience #conversationalai #speechtechnology #machinelearning #generativeai

Llasa: Llama-Based Speech Synthesis

https://llasatts.github.io/llasatts/

#HackerNews #Llasa #Llama-Based #Speech #Synthesis #SpeechTechnology #AIInnovation #VoiceSynthesis

My previous pinned #introductionpost post is quite old, so here's a new go ...

I teach #linguistics at the #UniversityOfAlberta. Professional interests include #AccessiblePedagogy, #Phonetics, #QuantitativeMethods (#statistics), #SpeechTechnology, #InternetLinguistics, #WritingSystems, and #EnglishSpellingReform

Outside of work, I like #ScottishCountryDancing, #Canoeing, and various nerdy pursuits such as #TTRPGs and #StarTrek. 🤓

The Guardian did a write-up on #sarcasm detection research in our Speech Tech Lab at the University of Groningen. @universityofgroningen

Read all about it!
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/16/researchers-build-ai-driven-sarcasm-detector

#SpeechTechnology #AutomaticSpeechRecognition #sarcasm #pragmatics

I'll be on the panel at the #KCIVirtualCafe on Sept 26 at 15:30. 🇪🇺 Tune in to hear from the European Commission's Director General for Interpretation and an array of people working at the burgeoning interface of language + technology. 🔗 https://commission.europa.eu/news/fifth-kci-virtual-cafe-2023-09-12_en

I will be focusing on the importance of #SpeechTechnology through the lens of the new MSc Voice Technology and the Speech Tech lab at Campus Fryslân - University of Groningen.
#SCICkci

🎙️ ✨ A new episode has been published on @ITSPmagazine

Show: Redefining Society With @Marcociappelli

Episode: Voice of the Future: Exploring AI, Speech Tech, Ethics, and Regulations

Guest: Nigel Cannings

Podcast format: Audio & Video

Enjoy!

👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/redefining-society

#AI #speechtechnology #ethics #society #technology #podcast

Funding to join the Voice Tech team at the @universityofgroningen Faculty Campus Fryslan to work on #SpeechTechnology for small languages! More info about short-term scientific missions as part of our #LITHME COST Action:

https://open.substack.com/pub/voicetechnology/p/short-term-scientific-mission-to?r=2fcmj9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Discover the Future of Speech Technology!

🤖 Speech Tech Summer School: 🤖 robots, 👾 video games, 🗯 voice cloning ... and more!

🗓 May 14-17
📍 Campus Fryslân - University of Groningen @universityofgroningen , the Netherlands

⏰ Few spots left!

https://www.rug.nl/education/summer-winter-schools/speech-technology/?lang=en

Please share w interested students of all backgrounds!
#voicetechnology #speechtechnology #speechtech, #summerschool #speechrecognition #voiceai

Discover the Future of Speech Technology!

🤖 Speech Tech Summer School: robots, video games, voice cloning ... and more!
🗓 May 14-17
📍 Campus Fryslân - University of Groningen, the Netherlands

From robots 🤖 to video games 👾 to speech recognition 🗯, our hands-on summer school will feature workshops plus, speakers from Google, Respeecher, and more.

⏰ Space is limited!
https://www.rug.nl/education/summer-winter-schools/speech-technology/?lang=en

#voicetechnology #speechtechnology #speechtech, #summerschool #speechrecognition #voiceai

Discover the Future of Speech Technology: Join Our Summer School in May 2023!

🤖 Speech Tech Summer School: Speech tech for robots, video games, voice cloning ... and more!
🗓 May 14-17
📍 Campus Fryslân - University of Groningen, the Netherlands

From robots that speak in dialects 🤖 to artificial voices for video games 👾 to real-time speech recognition 🗯, our summer school has it all.

⏰ Space is limited, so reserve your spot!
https://www.rug.nl/education/summer-winter-schools/speech-technology/?lang=en

#voiceTechnology #SpeechTechnology

Make #gpt speak like a human!? 🤖🗯 Earn a masters in #SpeechTechnology. 🎓 Join our free Master's Week online events to learn about the MSc. Voice Technology at Campus Fryslân - University of Groningen !

🗓  March 21 and 23 
📍 Online webinar
👉🏽 Register here:  https://lnkd.in/eMVwS7if

⬇️ Summary ⬇️
- 1 year program 
- focus on artificial voice + #SpeechRecognition
- highly interdisciplinary
- close connection to industry with a chance to collaborate with innovative industrial partners!

Here's a new #introduction post to celebrate moving to this new server. (Previously @[email protected])

I'm a #linguistics instructor at the University of Alberta. Academic interests include #phonetics, #quantitativeMethods (#statistics), and #speechTechnology. Working on #accessiblePedagogy in all my teaching. Hobby interests include #internetLinguistics, #spellingReform, and #ScottishCountryDancing. 🤓

Want to network and collaborate around #SpeechTechnology #VoiceTechnology and #HMI #HMC ? Check out LITHME’s 3rd training school!

We will gather students, scholars and non-academics from all around #COSTAction countries to share ideas, learn and co-create

📍Pristina, Kosovo 🇽🇰
🗓️ June 5-9, 2023.
⏰ The call is open until Jan 15, 2023.

Find more details and apply: https://lithme.eu/training-school/

#LITHME

Interested in speech tech? Join us!

🌟The First Dutch Speech Tech Day🌟
🗓️ Mon Feb 20, 2023
📍 Beeld en Geluid, Hilversum.

It will connect #students, #researchers, #developers and #users of #SpeechTechnology in the Netherlands.

More info: https://sites.google.com/view/dutchspeechtechday/home

#voicetech #languagetech

Congrats to Dragoș Alexandru Bălan (grad student, MSc Voice Technology, University of Groningen) for winning the 2022 Mozilla Common Voice competition held in cooperation with Provincie Fryslân. Read all about it! #SpeechTechnology https://www.rug.nl/cf/campus-fryslan/bloggen/collecting-under-resourced-languages-during-the-msc-in-voice-technology

Hello Mastodon! Here's my belated #introduction. I am an Associate Professor of Language & Technology and the Director of the MSc Voice Technology at the University of Groningen. #OpenAcess Ambassador.

Interests: #SpeechTechnology, #VoiceTechnology, voice #synthesis, #speech #recognition #ASR, #speechAI, #multisensory perception, #audition, #soundscapes, #SituatedCognition, music, Andean languages, #Aymara, #Frisian

#introduction My name is Matt, and I am a phonetician and postdoc in the Department of Linguistics at the #UniversityOfWashington. I am also the currently the acting director of the UW Phonetics Lab.

In #phonetics, my research focuses on bringing more acoustic information into #SpokenWordRecognition and #LexicalModeling. I am also interested in #SpeechTechnology such as #ForcedAlignment and #AutomaticSpeechRecognition methods.

SST2022: The 18th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology: December 13th-16th, Canberra, Australia
(Deadline for submissions: 17 June 2022)

https://sst2022.com/

#Phonetics #Sociophonetics #CorpusLinguistics #SpeechTechnology #SignalProcessing #Audiology