Hacker News with Generative AI: Language Preservation

Recovering priceless audio and lost languages from old decaying tapes (theconversation.com)
Remember cassettes? If you’re old enough, you might remember dropping one into a player, only to have it screech at you when you pressed “play”. We’ve fixed that problem. But why would we bother?
Audio Preservation, Language Preservation, Technology, History
149 points by PaulHoule 63 days ago | 20 comments
Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their culture (nbcnews.com)
Indigenous languages are rapidly disappearing, and AI could help preserve them, according to Indigenous technologists.
Indigenous Cultures, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Language Preservation
174 points by kiyanwang 78 days ago | 92 comments
App designed by Indigenous people in W. Australia preserves language, culture (abc.net.au)
Indigenous Culture, Language Preservation, Technology, Australia
47 points by erehweb 332 days ago | 24 comments
Indonesia has more than 700 languages. Can AI save them? (restofworld.org)
Indonesia, Language Preservation, Artificial Intelligence, Technology
10 points by Brajeshwar 337 days ago | 0 comments