In a paper that is well worth the read, Michael Bauer explains
"Small languages often struggle to gain a foothold in Speech and Language Technology.
Efforts in this area often end up in disjointed, isolated and uncoordinated projects, in turn resulting in wasted resources and slow progress. Yet with technology increasingly permeating our lives, the need to plant a linguistic flag in cyberspace becomes more important for small and medium languages every year as there is at least some evidence to support the intuitive notion that the metalanguage of technology impacts our wider patterns of language use.
Coupled with these more subtle effects are the more practical issues of how to interface with technology if the technology does not support your language readily – such as predictive texting, auto-correction and voice recognition. "
I'd be interested in what others think of Bauer work and comments. Read the full paper at http://www.akerbeltz.org/iGaidhlig/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/SALT-on-a-Shoestring.pdf
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In a paper that is well worth the read, Michael Bauer explains "Small languages often struggle to gain a foothold in Speech and Language Technology. Efforts in this area often end up in disjointed, isolated and uncoordinated projects, in turn resulting in wasted resources and slow progress. Yet with technology increasingly permeating our lives, the need to plant a linguistic flag in cyberspace becomes more important for small and medium languages every year as there is at least some evidence to support the intuitive notion that the metalanguage of technology impacts our wider patterns of language use. Coupled with these more subtle effects are the more practical issues of how to interface with technology if the technology does not support your language readily – such as predictive texting, auto-correction and voice recognition. " I'd be interested in what others think of Bauer work and comments. Read the full paper at http://www.akerbeltz.org/iGaidhlig/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/SALT-on-a-Shoestring.pdf