Waranika/Bam-translator

A student project for a translator meant for Western African languages translation # Griot AI ## Introduction Griot AI is a student project aimed at developing a translator specifically tailored for Western African languages. The project initially focuses on supporting languages from the Bamana family, leveraging techniques and resources from Kasa, a platform for African language processing. ## Table of Contents - Griot AI - Introduction - Table of Contents - Authors - Context - The objective of this project - Features - Benefits - Getting Started - Usage - Databases - **Acknowledgments** ## Authors - Elijah Ki-Zerbo - Theotime Perrichet - Chan-Yeong Hwang ## Context Africa's linguistic landscape testifies to the richness of its cultural heritage, with over 2000 traditional languages that are the guardians of collective memory. These languages encapsulate the complex history of civilizations, dynasties and empires, offering a window on the continent's diverse past. Each language, with its unique proverbs, songs and riddles, contributes to a better understanding of African identity. However, most of these languages are still spoken, which is why an *AI translation model* could be a **social and economic opportunity** to offer tools to people with little or no command of European languages such as **English**, **French** or **Portuguese** **source** : *datastoryteller.africa ## The objective of this project The objectives of this project are: - [ ] develop a model for translating between several African languages and European languages - [ ] to be able to make text-to-speech and speech-to-text in these languages ## Features The Griot AI project includes the following features: - Translation capabilities between English and languages from the Bamana family. - Implementation of transformer-based models for translation tasks. - Modular design facilitating the easy addition of support for additional languages. ## Benefits The development and deployment of a translator for Western African languages offer se …