Google teams up with Howard University to improve digital speech recognition

Google teams up with Howard University to improve digital speech recognition

Every time you say something to Alexa or Siri, or use voice to text to send a text message, you’re using artificial intelligence. While those programs can be pretty accurate, there’s plenty of times when it’s not, especially if you’re Black. Howard University and Google are teaming up to change that through a partnership called “Project Elevate Black Voices.” “We ultimately collected 600 hours of African American English from across the United S…