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WAXAL: A Large-Scale Open Resource for African Language Speech Technology

Jul 11, 2026

Google Research has released WAXAL, a large-scale open resource designed to support speech technology for African languages. The dataset is intended to help advance natural language processing (NLP) for these languages.

Why it matters: This resource could help improve speech technology for millions of African language speakers.

Full story at: Google Research