DSHubLtd/harshe

# 🌍 The Harshe Project – Open ASR & TTS for Hausa Language. The **Harshe Project** is an open-source initiative to build **speech recognition (ASR)** and **text-to-speech (TTS)** systems for the Hausa language – one of the most spoken African languages, with over **70 million speakers** across Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Chad etc.. # 🌍 The Harshe Project – Open ASR & TTS for Hausa Language ### 🗣️ Giving Hausa a Voice in the Digital Age The **Harshe Project** is an open-source initiative to build **speech recognition (ASR)** and **text-to-speech (TTS)** systems for the Hausa language – one of the most spoken African languages, with over **70 million speakers** across Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Chad, and beyond. ## ✨ Why Harshe? Language is not just communication – it is **identity, culture, and heritage**. Yet, millions of Hausa speakers are excluded from AI-driven opportunities because most modern speech technologies ignore African languages. Harshe is here to change that. By combining **technology + community + culture**, we will build **the largest Hausa speech dataset** and train powerful **AI models** that understand and speak Hausa naturally. ## 🚀 Our Goals - Create an **open dataset** of Hausa speech (voices from men, women, children, elders, and multiple dialects). - Train **ASR models** to transcribe Hausa speech into text. - Build **TTS voices** that sound natural, inclusive, and representative of Hausa communities. - Provide **APIs & tools** so that startups, developers, and researchers can integrate Hausa voice technology into apps, education, fintech, health, and more. ## 🤝 Call for Collaboration We can’t do this alone. We’re calling on: - **Data Scientists & ML Engineers** – help build and optimize models. - **Software Developers** – build APIs and apps to deploy Harshe. - **Voice Artists & Communities** – record authentic Hausa voices. - **Linguists** – guide phonetic accuracy and dialect coverage. - **Researchers & Innovators** – explore use cases across education, fintech, health, and governance. ## 🌐 Join the Movement This project belongs to the **Hausa people and Africa at large**. Together, we can ensure that African languages are not left behind in the digital revolution. 👉 Contribute on GitHub 👉 Join our Slack/Discord Community 👉 Follow progress on Twitter/LinkedIn ## …