Abair.ie: Revolutionizing Irish Language Tech

0:00It's April 5th. Welcome to Year of News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Abear.e is this cutting-edge research project out of Trinity College Dublin, building AI tech tailored for Irish language dialects. They're pushing forward speech recognition tools that make the language more accessible in the digital world. Over the last five years, the team has cranked out major advances in speech-to-text for Gailge, creating resources that benefit everyone from native. Speakers to total beginners. It's popping up in college classrooms, helping folks learn Irish from scratch and breaking down barriers for people with disabilities who need voice, tech support. We caught up with Liam Montergan, the linguist and researcher driving this forward, and he dropped details on how it's evolving to serve the whole. Irish-speaking community better. With more breakthroughs on the horizon, projects like Abear are keeping the language alive and thriving in our tech-driven era.