The future of language technology and why industry partnership matters
By Britta Aagaard The digital divide runs along linguistic lines. While billions of people now carry powerful computing devices in their pockets, most of the world’s 7,000+ languages remain locked out of the digital revolution. The technology that powers our voice assistants, translation apps, and search engines works beautifully for English, Mandarin, and maybe a […]
Protecting human expertise in an age of automation and budget cuts
By Aimee Ansari and Catherine Fox Both the language services industry and the humanitarian and development aid sector have been going through huge and painful changes recently. Language services are facing severe pressure from the impacts of machine translation and AI, which threaten the prospects and viability of freelancers and industry professionals. Meanwhile, changes in […]
Our impact on language AI: a strategic evaluation and insight for the road ahead
Access to technology still depends on the language a person speaks. While voice assistants, transcription tools, and text-to-speech systems are becoming common in major global languages, millions of people who speak marginalized or low-resource languages remain excluded. To better understand CLEAR Global’s impact as an organization focused on low-resource language technology, and to guide our […]
We have a plan to expand language AI for social impact: join us!
CLEAR Global has a plan to radically expand the availability of language AI for speakers of marginalized languages, in partnership with other social impact organizations. We have a record of pioneering and advocating for the development of language technology for marginalized communities – opening the way for others. Our early automatic speech recognition and machine […]