Preserving Linguistic Heritage for Generations to Come!

Authors

  • Adarsh Appannagari University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Manideep Chittineni University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Sathvik Jetty University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Zinnia Sarkar University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Vinod Eslavath University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Raj Ramachandran University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Emmanuel Ogunshile University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55630/dipp.2020.10.22

Keywords:

Linguistic Heritage, Tamil, Speech to Text, Indigenous Method, Software Engineering

Abstract

Speech to Text is the ability to convert spoken word to text. There are many speech to text conversion applications available for different languages. Tamil is an ancient classical language which is vastly spoken in southern parts of India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore. The speech to text application is designed from an indigenous perspective to enable the native speakers to preserve their linguistic heritage. The application was developed using agile methodology and the testing of the application suggested that the existing API do not support in the notion of preserving the language in its original form.

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Published

2020-09-13

How to Cite

Appannagari, A., Chittineni, M., Jetty, S., Sarkar, Z., Eslavath, V., Ramachandran, R., & Ogunshile, E. (2020). Preserving Linguistic Heritage for Generations to Come!. Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage, 10, 259–266. https://doi.org/10.55630/dipp.2020.10.22

Issue

Vol. 10 (2020): Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage

Section

Project Papers