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This retreat will foster a dialogue between computer scientists working on Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) specifically neural networks, native speakers of endangered languages, and linguists doing research on endangered languages to address the issue of the “bottleneck” of language transcription and discuss the use of technology in the transcription of language data.
Tools and technologies to automate and expedite the transcription and translation of oral texts from endangered languages are urgently needed. Most researchers working with endangered languages process their materials manually. Some researchers estimate that it takes roughly from 1 to 50 hours to prepare one hour of spoken text manually.
ASR technologies can significantly reduce the workload of transcribing large collections of speech recordings in these lesser-studied languages. Automating the process will enable the transcriber to become more of an editor, accelerating the overall transcription process. Implementation of ASR technologies could free up time for linguists, language activists, and speakers to create materials for teaching and learning the language, rather than spending countless hours transcribing.
The retreat is sponsored by William H. Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College, Anthropology, and Linguistic programs.
Important dates
Thursday, July 12- Saturday, July 14, 2018
Organizers
- Hilaria Cruz, Neukom Fellow, Dartmouth College
- Joseph Waring 18, Dartmouth College
- Oliver Adams, The Johns Hopkins Center for Language and Speech Processing
Retreat Program (subject to change)
Time | Thursday
7/12/18 |
Friday
7/13/18 |
Saturday
7/14/18 |
Sunday
7/15/18 |
8:00-8:45 am | Guests Travel to Quechee, VT | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
9:00-10:00 am | Introductions | Brainstorming | Final Goodbye | |
11:00-12:00 pm | Welcome & Presentations: Hilaria Cruz | |||
12:00-1:00 pm | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch for Remaining Guests | |
1:00-2:00 pm | Continue Presentations
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Workshop in ASR: TBD
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Guests Travel Home | |
2:00-3:00 pm | ||||
3:00-4:00 pm | Workshop: Drafting / Publication | |||
4:00-5:00 pm | Canoeing | Outing: Quechee Animal Sanctuary
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5:00-6:00 pm | ||||
6:00-7:00 pm | Arrival | Dinner | Dinner | |
7:00-8:00 pm | Happy Hour
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Bonfire
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Discussion | |
8:00-9:00 pm | Bonfire | |||
9:00-10 pm | Return Home | Return Home | Return Home |
Participants
Name | Occupation | Institution |
Sol Arriéchiga | Translator, editor | Editorial Hormiguero, Mexico |
Claire Bowern | Linguist | Yale University |
Shobhana Chelliah | Linguist | University of North Texas |
Emiliana Cruz | Linguistic anthropologist | CIESAS, Mexico |
Dolly Goldenberg | Linguist | Yale University |
Nestor Green | Linguist | CIESAS, Mexico |
Carlos Hernandez Mena | Computer scientist | UNAM, Mexico |
Zach Lin | Computer scientist | Carnegie Mellon |
Manuel Mager | Computer scientist | UNAM, Mexico |
Laura McPhearson | Linguist | Dartmouth College |
Jaime Pérez | Linguist | University of Texas Austin |
Shruti Rijhwani | Computer scientist | Carnegie Mellon |
Location
The retreat will take place in a large home in Quechee, VT. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quechee,_Vermont
Contact
Hilaria Cruz at hilaria.cruz@dartmouth.edu