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Try African language technology

One feature per language. Working previews of what is possible today.

Demos

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🇿🇦isiZulu
Speech Recognition
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🇿🇼ChiShona
Text to Speech
Mhoro, makadii?
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🇱🇸Sesotho (Lesotho)
Translation
EnglishSesotho
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Translate →
Lumela, u phela joang?
🇿🇦Sesotho (South Africa)
Speech Recognition
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🇹🇿Kiswahili (Tanzania)
Text to Speech
Habari, unatoka wapi?
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🇰🇪Kiswahili (Kenya)
Translation
EnglishKiswahili
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Translate →
Habari, unatoka wapi?
Model hub

Available models

All regionsSouthern AfricaEast AfricaDiasporaLegacy Languages
ASR

Sesotho speech recognition

Trained on spontaneous conversational speech, both national varieties.

Southern Africa

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TTS

Sesotho text to speech

Natural voice synthesis, Lesotho and South Africa variants.

Southern Africa

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ASR

isiZulu speech recognition

Early preview, actively improving.

Southern Africa

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ASR

ChiShona speech recognition

Early preview, actively improving.

Southern Africa

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TRANSLATION

Kiswahili to English

General-domain translation, Tanzania and Kenya variants.

East Africa

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TTS

Kiswahili text to speech

Natural voice synthesis, Tanzania and Kenya variants.

East Africa

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COMING SOON

African diaspora speech collection

Language use among diaspora communities outside the continent.

Diaspora

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COMING SOON

African-accented legacy languages

French, English, Portuguese and Arabic as actually spoken across Africa, including Nigerian English and regional accents and vocabulary, not the European or American standard.

Legacy Languages

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LANGUAGE ID

Multi-language identifier

Detects language across our supported set.

All regions

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API

Custom fine-tuning

Bring your data, we fine-tune the model.

All regions

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