Weekly Update Thread - 2024

Hello Community :grinning:

Welcome back to the weekly update from the Common Voice Community team.

A few weeks ago, we announced our plans to overhaul Common Voice localization. I’m pleased to share that the process is now complete, and you can find more details in our latest blog post here.

To summarize:The overhaul of Common Voice localization has significantly reduced the workload required for communities to start collecting data. Previously, localizing 824 strings across the entire user interface was required, but now only 300 core strings need to be localized. This change allows communities to begin data collection earlier and more efficiently, accommodating a range of data collection goals, from fine-tuning existing models to training new ones. The goal is to make Common Voice more accessible to languages with limited resources, particularly low-resourced languages.

Did this update miss something important? Are you doing something cool that we can help you show off? Reply to this thread, message @Jess or myself @ or say hello on Matrix or email commonvoice@mozilla.com and we’ll include you in the next update.

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