1 code implementation • 1 Nov 2021 • Steven Kolawole, Opeyemi Osakuade, Nayan Saxena, Babatunde Kazeem Olorisade
Through this paper, we seek to reduce the communication barrier between the hearing-impaired community and the larger society who are usually not familiar with sign language in the sub-Saharan region of Africa with the largest occurrences of hearing disability cases, while using Nigeria as a case study.
no code implementations • 30 Mar 2021 • Wuraola Fisayo Oyewusi, Olubayo Adekanmbi, Ifeoma Okoh, Vitus Onuigwe, Mary Idera Salami, Opeyemi Osakuade, Sharon Ibejih, Usman Abdullahi Musa
In this work, we present our findings on Named Entity Recognition for 5 Nigerian Languages (Nigerian English, Nigerian Pidgin English, Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa).