It's always a good time to quote my boss: "The work that we're doing in language revitalization is not a game, a scheme, or a PR opportunity. Our work is a response to cultural genocide and the continued colonization of our languages." (12:02)
Tracey Herbert - LT4All, UNESCO, Paris, December 2019
Speech by Tracey Herbert, CEO of First Peoples' Cultural Council, at the Language Technologies for All (LT4All) conference hosted by UNESCO as part of the 20...
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July 30, 2024 at 8:04 PM
It's always a good time to quote my boss: "The work that we're doing in language revitalization is not a game, a scheme, or a PR opportunity. Our work is a response to cultural genocide and the continued colonization of our languages." (12:02)
We Don't Trust Those Mobiles: critical reflections on generative AI for minoritised languages and new ways forward. Presentation delivered at LT4All (Paris, February 2025) #IndigenousLanguages #firstvoices #NLP #ethics
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March 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
We Don't Trust Those Mobiles: critical reflections on generative AI for minoritised languages and new ways forward. Presentation delivered at LT4All (Paris, February 2025) #IndigenousLanguages #firstvoices #NLP #ethics
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Great to be at #lt4all at UNESCO the past couple of days. Lots of discussion around technologies, AI, language community initiatives, data sovereignty, etc. And really encouraging to see the steps many language communities are taking to create technologies for their languages!
February 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Great to be at #lt4all at UNESCO the past couple of days. Lots of discussion around technologies, AI, language community initiatives, data sovereignty, etc. And really encouraging to see the steps many language communities are taking to create technologies for their languages!
Je suis fière de représenter l’Université Laval à "Language Technologies for All" #LT4All à l'UNESCO. Un plaisir de rencontrer les collègues de partout dans le monde pour avancer les #TechnologiesLangagières de façon responsable et juste. Il reste du travail à faire, mais on fait du progrès!
February 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Je suis fière de représenter l’Université Laval à "Language Technologies for All" #LT4All à l'UNESCO. Un plaisir de rencontrer les collègues de partout dans le monde pour avancer les #TechnologiesLangagières de façon responsable et juste. Il reste du travail à faire, mais on fait du progrès!
We have begun a wonderful 3-day journey at @unesco.org headquarters in Paris packed with talks about minority languages and language technologies, and how can we focus of communities to benefit from technological developments. #LT4All
February 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We have begun a wonderful 3-day journey at @unesco.org headquarters in Paris packed with talks about minority languages and language technologies, and how can we focus of communities to benefit from technological developments. #LT4All
The language technology platform for Africa that ACALAN is questing to implement, being revealed at the UNESCO #LT4all conference (Language Technology for All) in Paris.
#indigenouslanguages
#indigenouslanguages
February 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The language technology platform for Africa that ACALAN is questing to implement, being revealed at the UNESCO #LT4all conference (Language Technology for All) in Paris.
#indigenouslanguages
#indigenouslanguages
Último día de #LT4ALL, la presentación de Baldomero Cuma fue 100% en kaqchikel, uno de los idiomas mayas de Guatemala. #indigenouslanguages
February 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Último día de #LT4ALL, la presentación de Baldomero Cuma fue 100% en kaqchikel, uno de los idiomas mayas de Guatemala. #indigenouslanguages
Segundo día de LT4ALL! Compartiendo nuestro trabajo sobre procesamiento del guaraní #LT4ALL #indigenouslanguages
February 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Segundo día de LT4ALL! Compartiendo nuestro trabajo sobre procesamiento del guaraní #LT4ALL #indigenouslanguages
"Tribal sovereignty should be at the core of work with Indigenous languages." So excited to listen to inventor @danielleboyer.bsky.social speak at #LT4All #LanguageTechnologiesForAll, speaking truth to power about Indigenous language revitalization technology! ✊🏽🔥 Miigwech, Danielle!
February 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"Tribal sovereignty should be at the core of work with Indigenous languages." So excited to listen to inventor @danielleboyer.bsky.social speak at #LT4All #LanguageTechnologiesForAll, speaking truth to power about Indigenous language revitalization technology! ✊🏽🔥 Miigwech, Danielle!
Keoni Mahelona spoke powerfully about the Lauleo reading competition which is collecting speech data with the aim of completing the first ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi automatic speech to text tool in 2025, while upholding Kanaka Maoli data sovereignty! #LT4All #LanguageTechnologyForAll lauleo.com
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Bringing our voices together for the future of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.
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February 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Keoni Mahelona spoke powerfully about the Lauleo reading competition which is collecting speech data with the aim of completing the first ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi automatic speech to text tool in 2025, while upholding Kanaka Maoli data sovereignty! #LT4All #LanguageTechnologyForAll lauleo.com
Experts and stakeholders from around the world are meeting in Paris today regarding Language Technology for the billions who speak languages other than the usual suspects.
Today's program at UNESCO #LT4all conference
www.lt4all2025.eu/full-program...
#indigenouslanguages
Today's program at UNESCO #LT4all conference
www.lt4all2025.eu/full-program...
#indigenouslanguages
February 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Experts and stakeholders from around the world are meeting in Paris today regarding Language Technology for the billions who speak languages other than the usual suspects.
Today's program at UNESCO #LT4all conference
www.lt4all2025.eu/full-program...
#indigenouslanguages
Today's program at UNESCO #LT4all conference
www.lt4all2025.eu/full-program...
#indigenouslanguages
One of the greatest honors as a researcher is being invited to present at #UNESCO! 🚀
Attending #LT4ALL at UNESCO HQ in Paris was an incredible experience.
Amazing to see researchers committed to developing language technologies that serve people and make a real impact #NLP4PI
Attending #LT4ALL at UNESCO HQ in Paris was an incredible experience.
Amazing to see researchers committed to developing language technologies that serve people and make a real impact #NLP4PI
February 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Disgusting: my presentation at UNESCO cancelled at the last moment. I was invited as a presenter in Jan by LT4ALL conference hold in UNESCO. My presentation about Uyghur is 25th in the afternoon, a few hours a I have received an email that it is removed from the list. No explanation
February 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Disgusting: my presentation at UNESCO cancelled at the last moment. I was invited as a presenter in Jan by LT4ALL conference hold in UNESCO. My presentation about Uyghur is 25th in the afternoon, a few hours a I have received an email that it is removed from the list. No explanation
In Miami next week ?
Interested in low resource languages technology ?
Get in touch and meet up with the Bezoku team and founder, Ian Gilmour.
#NLProc #langsky #miamitech
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Interested in low resource languages technology ?
Get in touch and meet up with the Bezoku team and founder, Ian Gilmour.
#NLProc #langsky #miamitech
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#lt4all #nlp #miamitech #intelai #lowresourcelanguages | Ian G.
I am flying into Miami 24th and 25th of March to spend some time in the Bezoku office at Mana Hubs.
I have a relatively free itinerary at the moment, waiting…
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March 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In Miami next week ?
Interested in low resource languages technology ?
Get in touch and meet up with the Bezoku team and founder, Ian Gilmour.
#NLProc #langsky #miamitech
www.linkedin.com/posts/iagilm...
Interested in low resource languages technology ?
Get in touch and meet up with the Bezoku team and founder, Ian Gilmour.
#NLProc #langsky #miamitech
www.linkedin.com/posts/iagilm...
✳️ #OraiNLP is in the 2nd International Conference on Language Technologies for All #LT4All 2025
Multilingualism plays a key role in fostering social development. It promotes inclusion, preserves cultural heritage and empowers linguistic communities
#IndigenousLanguages #Basque
Multilingualism plays a key role in fostering social development. It promotes inclusion, preserves cultural heritage and empowers linguistic communities
#IndigenousLanguages #Basque
February 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
✳️ #OraiNLP is in the 2nd International Conference on Language Technologies for All #LT4All 2025
Multilingualism plays a key role in fostering social development. It promotes inclusion, preserves cultural heritage and empowers linguistic communities
#IndigenousLanguages #Basque
Multilingualism plays a key role in fostering social development. It promotes inclusion, preserves cultural heritage and empowers linguistic communities
#IndigenousLanguages #Basque
It was a pleasure to be invited to participate in the LT4All 2025 conference @unesco.org HQ in Paris. Language Technologies for All 2025 focused on the critical role of language and cutting-edge #technology, including #Al, in shaping inclusive and cross-cultural dialogues.
February 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
It was a pleasure to be invited to participate in the LT4All 2025 conference @unesco.org HQ in Paris. Language Technologies for All 2025 focused on the critical role of language and cutting-edge #technology, including #Al, in shaping inclusive and cross-cultural dialogues.
Honored to listen to Dr. Lorna Wanosts’a7 Williams speak about Indigenous languages and technology at #LT4All #LanguageTechnologiesForAll www.lt4all2025.eu/full-program...
February 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Honored to listen to Dr. Lorna Wanosts’a7 Williams speak about Indigenous languages and technology at #LT4All #LanguageTechnologiesForAll www.lt4all2025.eu/full-program...
Timely post from #intel about Bezoku’s mission to help the community increase representation for low resource languages
#LT4ALL #NLProc
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#LT4ALL #NLProc
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Bezuko: Bridging the Gap in AI Representation
At the heart of Bezoku’s mission is the desire to increase representation in language models, focusing on low-resource languages and dialects. As an Intel® Liftoff member, Bezoku is ensuring that AI s...
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February 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Timely post from #intel about Bezoku’s mission to help the community increase representation for low resource languages
#LT4ALL #NLProc
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#LT4ALL #NLProc
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"Language is from people and it belongs to people."
Computational Linguist and NLP expert, Alp Öktem, who was satisfied to see indigenous people as active participants in hashtag#LT4All2025 telling big tech to watch out for neocolonial ways of working.
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Computational Linguist and NLP expert, Alp Öktem, who was satisfied to see indigenous people as active participants in hashtag#LT4All2025 telling big tech to watch out for neocolonial ways of working.
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#lt4all2025 #lt4all #languagematters #techforgood | CLEAR Global
🧬 "Language is from people and it belongs to people."
A take from a refreshing conference by our Computational Linguist and NLP expert, Alp Öktem, who was…
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March 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Language is from people and it belongs to people."
Computational Linguist and NLP expert, Alp Öktem, who was satisfied to see indigenous people as active participants in hashtag#LT4All2025 telling big tech to watch out for neocolonial ways of working.
www.linkedin.com/posts/clear-...
Computational Linguist and NLP expert, Alp Öktem, who was satisfied to see indigenous people as active participants in hashtag#LT4All2025 telling big tech to watch out for neocolonial ways of working.
www.linkedin.com/posts/clear-...
Read Abduweli Ayup's account of the UNESCO incident, in several X tweets.
Ayup is a longstanding Uyghur language activist, who is targeted by China because they want to eradicate Uyghur culture.
And UNESCO obeys
x.com/AbduwelA/sta...
Ayup is a longstanding Uyghur language activist, who is targeted by China because they want to eradicate Uyghur culture.
And UNESCO obeys
x.com/AbduwelA/sta...
Abduweli Ayup on X: "Disgusting: my presentation at UNESCO cancelled at the last moment. I was invited as a presenter in Jan by LT4ALL conference hold in UNESCO. My presentation about Uyghur is 25th in the afternoon, a few hours a I have received an email that it is removed from the list. No https://t.co/XWsLEz8ACX" / X
Disgusting: my presentation at UNESCO cancelled at the last moment. I was invited as a presenter in Jan by LT4ALL conference hold in UNESCO. My presentation about Uyghur is 25th in the afternoon, a few hours a I have received an email that it is removed from the list. No https://t.co/XWsLEz8ACX
x.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Read Abduweli Ayup's account of the UNESCO incident, in several X tweets.
Ayup is a longstanding Uyghur language activist, who is targeted by China because they want to eradicate Uyghur culture.
And UNESCO obeys
x.com/AbduwelA/sta...
Ayup is a longstanding Uyghur language activist, who is targeted by China because they want to eradicate Uyghur culture.
And UNESCO obeys
x.com/AbduwelA/sta...
Hybrid event:
Language Technologies for All – LT4All 2025
Advancing Humanism through Language Technologies
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
via @unesconow.bsky.social
#language #multilingualism
Language Technologies for All – LT4All 2025
Advancing Humanism through Language Technologies
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
via @unesconow.bsky.social
#language #multilingualism
Language Technologies for All – LT4All 2025
Advancing Humanism through Language Technologies
www.unesco.org
August 30, 2024 at 6:32 AM
Hybrid event:
Language Technologies for All – LT4All 2025
Advancing Humanism through Language Technologies
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
via @unesconow.bsky.social
#language #multilingualism
Language Technologies for All – LT4All 2025
Advancing Humanism through Language Technologies
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
via @unesconow.bsky.social
#language #multilingualism
And they state that "it was possible on the following day."
But there was no poster session on the following day...
Of course he also disappeared from the online program. He was originally scheduled on Poster session 5, TV6 which worked fine on session 4 and 6.
(note: I wasn't there myself)
But there was no poster session on the following day...
Of course he also disappeared from the online program. He was originally scheduled on Poster session 5, TV6 which worked fine on session 4 and 6.
(note: I wasn't there myself)
Poster Sessions – LT4All 2025
www.lt4all2025.eu
March 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
And they state that "it was possible on the following day."
But there was no poster session on the following day...
Of course he also disappeared from the online program. He was originally scheduled on Poster session 5, TV6 which worked fine on session 4 and 6.
(note: I wasn't there myself)
But there was no poster session on the following day...
Of course he also disappeared from the online program. He was originally scheduled on Poster session 5, TV6 which worked fine on session 4 and 6.
(note: I wasn't there myself)
#LT4ALL
A full report to follow, but safe to say the LT4ALL event held at UNESCO in Paris was a world class debate on the role of technology for low resource languages.
Some pictures of our founder Ian Gilmour, who spoke on Day 2
A full report to follow, but safe to say the LT4ALL event held at UNESCO in Paris was a world class debate on the role of technology for low resource languages.
Some pictures of our founder Ian Gilmour, who spoke on Day 2
February 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#LT4ALL
A full report to follow, but safe to say the LT4ALL event held at UNESCO in Paris was a world class debate on the role of technology for low resource languages.
Some pictures of our founder Ian Gilmour, who spoke on Day 2
A full report to follow, but safe to say the LT4ALL event held at UNESCO in Paris was a world class debate on the role of technology for low resource languages.
Some pictures of our founder Ian Gilmour, who spoke on Day 2