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Our journey building Amharic AI, including technical challenges and linguistic deep-dives.
The Invisible Instruction: How Gemination Shapes Amharic AI
A deep dive into gemination, the unwritten yet critical linguistic feature of Amharic that changes word meanings through subtle consonant lengthening, posing a major challenge for AI.
A House Divided: The Normalization vs. Standardization Debate in Amharic NLP
A deep dive into one of Amharic NLP's central debates: Should we normalize homophones for simplicity, or preserve them for semantic accuracy? The answer is more complex than you think.
The Amharic NLP Ecosystem: Resources and the Path Forward
A look at the growing ecosystem of Amharic NLP resources, the systemic challenges that remain, and the collaborative path forward for building truly effective AI.
The Sound of Amharic: Challenges in Speech-to-Text (STT)
A look into the complex challenges of Amharic speech recognition, from its massive vocabulary and invisible gemination to code-switching and dialectal diversity.
Giving AI a Voice: The Nuances of Amharic Text-to-Speech (TTS)
Discover the art and science behind Amharic Text-to-Speech (TTS), where the biggest challenges lie in modeling invisible prosody, gemination, and phonetic details.
From Words to Meaning: Core Amharic NLP Tasks
A developer's guide to the state of core Amharic NLP tasks like Text Classification, Named Entity Recognition (NER), and Machine Translation (MT).
The State of Amharic NLP: A High-Level Overview
An introduction to the unique challenges and exciting future of Natural Language Processing for Amharic, a language spoken by millions but underserved by modern AI.
Unlocking Amharic Text: A Deep Dive into OCR
Explore the unique challenges of Amharic Optical Character Recognition (OCR), from its 300+ character set to degraded historical documents and handwritten text.
Building Amharic AI: A Developer's Guide to Linguistic Complexity
A developer-focused guide to Amharic's unique linguistic features: its 300+ character script, invisible gemination, complex honorifics, and rich morphology.
Contributing to Amharic Speech Datasets: Help Build Better AI
Learn how to contribute your voice to Mozilla Common Voice and other initiatives to improve Amharic AI capabilities for everyone.