Author: Shelby Healy

The Microsoft Language Bank, an initiative born from the 2022 Microsoft Hackathon, addresses the urgent need to preserve the world’s languages, 40% of which are endangered. Spearheaded by a team of ten in Beijing, the Language Bank employs AI to develop text-to-speech (TTS) technology for underrepresented languages like Inuktitut, Kurmanji, Hakka, and Minnan Chinese. By collecting voice data and innovating….

CONTINUE READING "Welcome to the Digital Preservation of Languages: Microsoft Language Bank"

A seed of an idea can become a thriving forest. The Microsoft Global Hackathon, the largest private hackathon on the planet, is coming back again this fall. We’ll be sharing stories of some of the winners in the coming months, and we want to share this one with you. On a typical Tuesday morning, Conor Kelly, a 15-year Microsoft veteran,….

CONTINUE READING "Repowering Coal"