Matt Coler
@mattcoler.bsky.social
Associate Professor Language Technology
Director, Research Institute
Director, MSc Voice Technology
Campus Fryslân, University Groningen
@unigroningen.bsky.social
Director, Research Institute
Director, MSc Voice Technology
Campus Fryslân, University Groningen
@unigroningen.bsky.social
Will reach out! Let’s combine with a guest lecture :)
August 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Will reach out! Let’s combine with a guest lecture :)
A few ethical issues to straighten out about permission etc but this all moves ahead. I really hope we can deliver simmering relatively soon. I don’t see why not!
August 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A few ethical issues to straighten out about permission etc but this all moves ahead. I really hope we can deliver simmering relatively soon. I don’t see why not!
What you suggest could easily happen! Waadhoeke site already has Bildts content + we have working TTS models from Blizzard. Cloud Run deployment totally doable. Could be first AI-powered minority language municipal TTS service!!
August 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
What you suggest could easily happen! Waadhoeke site already has Bildts content + we have working TTS models from Blizzard. Cloud Run deployment totally doable. Could be first AI-powered minority language municipal TTS service!!
We missed you @daanvanesch.nl ! There were many fun discussions and your name came up at least once when I was talking about Aymara with Alistair.
August 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
We missed you @daanvanesch.nl ! There were many fun discussions and your name came up at least once when I was talking about Aymara with Alistair.
This challenge, related to the Speech Synthesis Workshop @interspeech.bsky.social event, was at Campus Fryslân earlier this week and was dedicated to developing a synthetic voice for the regional language Bildts.
August 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This challenge, related to the Speech Synthesis Workshop @interspeech.bsky.social event, was at Campus Fryslân earlier this week and was dedicated to developing a synthetic voice for the regional language Bildts.
Speech Synthesis Workshop 2025 in Leeuwarden, NL 🇳🇱
Theme: Scaling Down: Sustainable Synthesis for Language Diversity 🌍
📅 Aug 24-26, 2025
🔬 TTS, emotional speech, style control, multilingual synthesis...
🎯 Special Challenge: Synthesizing Bildts dialect
blogs.helsinki.fi/ssw13-2025
Theme: Scaling Down: Sustainable Synthesis for Language Diversity 🌍
📅 Aug 24-26, 2025
🔬 TTS, emotional speech, style control, multilingual synthesis...
🎯 Special Challenge: Synthesizing Bildts dialect
blogs.helsinki.fi/ssw13-2025
June 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM