Speech Research @ UoA
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Speech Research @ UoA
OUR HISTORY
The history of this group is strongly intertwined to the MAONZE research project and the MAONZE research group. The MAONZE group studies sound change over time in te reo Māori. Many researchers in this group are part of the MAONZE group and other MAONZE researchers also guide and support our work. for more details on the MAONZE research group and the interesting projects that they are part of visit the MAONZE Research Group website
OPPORTUNITIES
If you are interested in working with us on any of our projects as part of your Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral research, or as a Research Engineer, Scientist, or Assistant, please contact us.
our projects
Aotearoa voices
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EVENTS
Latest Events
Speech Group Writing Retreat - July 2025
The Speech Group hosted a two-day writing retreat filled with focused writing, collaborative discussions, and valuable insights. The retreat also included two sessions on writing tips, delivered by A/Prof Peter Keegan and Dr Satwinder Singh.
Speech Group @ SST Conference - December 2024
Speech Group members actively participated in the 19th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, held from December 3rd to 5th in Melbourne, Australia. Link to SST proceedings: https://assta.org/sst-2024/proceedings/.
exciting stuff
What’s the group upto?
Speech Research @ UoA in Māori TV
July 1 2021
The Māori Speech Hui organised by the Speech Research group and various members of the group were featured on Māori TV:
https://www.teaomaori.news/developing-maori-siri
Dr. Peter J Keegan on te ao Māori news
July 5 2021
Dr. Peter J Keegan was interviewed by Te ao Māori news about the differen research initiatives the speech group has been doing in te reo Māori.
Watch the full interview here: https://www.teaomaori.news/getting-rid-cartire-pronunciation-when-siri-and-google-mean-kaitaia
Jesin James on bFM
July 6 2021
Jesin James was interviewed by bFM about the different speech technology related research activities Jesin is involved in. Listen to the full interview here: https://95bfm.com/bcast/ready-steady-learn-w-jesin-james-july-6-2021
Māori Speech Technology Workshop 2021
July 2 2021
We organised a Māori Speech Technology Workshop – an opportunity for undergrad and postgrad students to learn about te reo Māori speech and language technology development from industry experts and academics. 30 students from different parts of Aotearoa attended the workshop.
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