Language and Voice Lab

September 2019 signals the end of the LVL automatic speech recognition, ASR, project with Althingi, the Icelandic parliament. To close, the radio station Rás 1 is airing an interview September 8 at 9:30pm (21:30). The interview is conducted by the head of the Althingi speech department, Berglind Steinsdóttir. In the interview, Berglind talks to both Inga Rún, our ASR expert, and Steinunn, an Althingi editor. They discuss both sides of the project: software development and user experiences. This broadcast will hopefully give our Icelandic readers and listeners a deeper understanding of the specifics involved in ASR. Thus, we invite you to tune in this Sunday at 21:30.

Practical information about the radio program is below:

Date: Sunday, September 8th @ 21:30 (re-airing Saturday, September 14th 20:45)
Location: Rás 1 website or the radio station
Duration: 30 minutes
Title: “Háttvirtur þingmaður tekur til máls”
Topic: Sjálfvirknivæðing. Gervigreind. Fjórða iðnbyltingin. Hvað kemur þetta ræðum þingmanna við? Tekinn hefur verið í notkun talgreinir sem skrifar upp ræður þingmanna og í þættinum er rætt við Ingu Rún Helgadóttur eðlisfræðing sem hefur tekið þátt í að þróa hann og Steinunni Haraldsdóttur íslenskufræðing sem hefur notað talgreininn.
Language of Interview: Icelandic
Interviewees: Inga Rún Helgadóttir, ASR developer
Steinunn Haraldsdóttir, icelandic specialist who uses the ASR
Interviewer: Berglind Steinsdóttir
Supervisor: Ásdís Emilsdóttir Petersen.

During the interview go to https://ruv.is/ras1 Click on Í BEINNI. Select Rás 1 and press the play button.