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Mozilla’s blog features guides to making your online life better, stories from the movement, and critical analysis of issues around internet health.

Fellowships & Awards / Kiswahili 18 desembre de 2023

Growing Skills, Confidence, and ‘Quality Potatoes’ in Tanzania

SEE Africa is a Mozilla Common Voice awardee. The organization’s Africa Director and Project Lead, Rahma Mkai, told us about “Kiazi Bora,” a voice app that helps rural women in Tanzania learn how to grow and sell a powerhouse potato, boosting their nutrition, earning potential, and status as more equal members of society

Anne Stopper
Common Voice / Kiswahili 6 desembre de 2023

Disrupting Voice Technology Status Quo through Kiswahili Hackathons

Mozilla’s Common Voice Kiswahili team has been organizing a four-part hackathon series to increase the number of voice technologists across East Africa

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Kiswahili 30 maig de 2023

Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence: Can Artificial Intelligence Own Intellectual Property Rights?

This post examines IP rights and whether AI can be afforded these rights

Cynthia Nzuki
Kiswahili 14 març de 2023

Language and Culture

This post reflects on the contextual nature of language and its intersection with culture.

Britone Mwasaru
Common Voice / Kiswahili 20 desembre de 2022

Voice Technologies and Privacy

This post discusses concerns around voice technology and privacy.

Mercy Wambui King'ori
Common Voice / Kiswahili 28 octubre de 2022

Hekaya Arts Initiative Announces Third Kiswahili Writing Competition

This is the third phase of this writing competition, brought to you by Mozilla.

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Common Voice / Kiswahili 25 octubre de 2022

Opening Up Voice for Global Communities

At the recently held Mozilla All-Hands 2022, an annual gathering of the entire Mozilla ecosystem, the Common Voice team had an opportunity to showcase v…

Kathleen Siminyu
Common Voice / Kiswahili 12 setembre de 2022

Open Call: The Second Edition of Common Voice’s Kiswahili Essay Writing Competition

The essays will be used to help expand Mozilla’s Common Voice Kiswahili open-source data set, enabling the inclusion of local African languages in tech use and development.

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Common Voice / Kiswahili 22 agost de 2022

Talk Swahili to me: Voice-enabled apps changing the game for farmers and local communities

Eight projects advancing financial inclusion, access to reliable information for smallholder farmers, and legal rights to land ownership for marginalized communities are the recipients of Common Voice Kiswahili grants totaling USD $400,000

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Common Voice / Kiswahili 14 juliol de 2022

The Politics of Language: The Controversial Origin Story of Kiswahili Sanifu, and Considerations for Building Language Technology

Kiswahili is Africa’s most spoken language and in the top 10 most widely spoken languages in the world. With more than 200 million speakers already, int…

Kathleen Siminyu
Common Voice / Kiswahili 24 maig de 2022

Whose’s calling you in?

Thoughts on the State of Internet Languages Report from the Mozilla Common Voice Team.

Hillary Juma
Common Voice / Kiswahili 12 abril de 2022

Common Voice and Hekaya Arts Initiative Kiswahili Writing Competition

Mozilla’s Common Voice in collaboration with Hekaya Arts Initiative is awarding the top three Kiswahili essay writers with prizes of $400 USD, $250 USD, and $100 USD respectively. The writing competition is part of Mozilla’s Common Voice goal to grow Kiswahili’s open-source data set, enabling the inclusion of local African languages in tech use and development.

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