2 papers
cs.CL2026
WAXAL-NET: Finetuned Edge ASR Across 19 African Languages
Victor Tolulope Olufemi, Oreoluwa Babatunde, Ramsey Njema +28
We evaluate whether compact domain-specialized ASR models can outperform massively multilingual foundation models for conversational African speech across 19 languages in the WAXAL…
cs.CR2026
Toward Accessible Mobile Money: A Voice-Driven, Biometrically Secured USSD Automation Framework for Visually Impaired Users
Sunday Ajayi, Babatunde Eric Olatunji, Eric Umuhoza
Financial inclusion has expanded significantly across Africa through mobile money services delivered primarily via USSD technology. However, visually impaired individuals continue…