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How much speech data is necessary for ASR in African languages? An evaluation of data scaling in Kinyarwanda and Kikuyu
Benjamin Akera, Evelyn Nafula, Patrick Walukagga +3
The development of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems for low-resource African languages remains challenging due to limited transcribed speech data. While recent advances i…
Sunflower: A New Approach To Expanding Coverage of African Languages in Large Language Models
Benjamin Akera, Evelyn Nafula Ouma, Gilbert Yiga +11
There are more than 2000 living languages in Africa, most of which have been bypassed by advances in language technology. Current leading LLMs exhibit strong performance on a numbe…
Scoring Root Necrosis in Cassava Using Semantic Segmentation
Jeremy Francis Tusubira, Benjamin Akera, Solomon Nsumba +2
Cassava a major food crop in many parts of Africa, has majorly been affected by Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD). The disease affects tuberous roots and presents symptoms that i…
Keyword Spotter Model for Crop Pest and Disease Monitoring from Community Radio Data
Benjamin Akera, Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende, Jonathan Mukiibi +4
In societies with well developed internet infrastructure, social media is the leading medium of communication for various social issues especially for breaking news situations. In…