Hi All,
I was wondering what needs to be done to add Arabic as a supported language. I did some translation on https://launchpad.net/voxforge/voxforge-speech-submission-applet
but still haven't worked on the prompts. What I wanted to ask is, if I completed the translation will Arabic be added as a supported language or something else needs to be done ?
Also, why do we need to translate the prompts ? Can't every language have it own set of prompts?
Best regards,
Ahmed Toulan.
Hi Ahmed,
>I did some translation on https://launchpad.net/voxforge/voxforge-
>speech-submission-applet
Thank you!
>What I wanted to ask is, if I completed the translation will Arabic be added
>as a supported language
Yes.
Please let me know when you are completed, because I don't go to the Ubuntu Launchpad site too often.
>Also, why do we need to translate the prompts ? Can't every language
>have it own set of prompts?
No need to translate the English prompts... just create your own, or use a Public Domain text (or GPL compatible license).
Please break up each prompt line in 15-25 word sentences, at a natural pause. We can start with 100-200 prompt lines, and see how things go from there. Try to use words that are representative of all the main sounds (phonemes) in Arabic.
Ken
This paper: Investigation Arabic Speech Recognition Using CMU Sphinx System contains a list of phonemes for the Arabic language.
Thanks guys I will get to work and notify you of any changes. Thanks again.