@J0eBee

Machine Learning at @wayveai

linkedin.com/in/joelbudu
Joined December 2008
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New research with @UNICEFinnovate : adapting speech recognition for adolescent health communication in Twi, Dagbani & Ewe. 92% of community testers would recommend KasaHealth -- our voice-first health app (powered by @KhayaAI models) Paper link in comments
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Paul Azunre@pazunreMay 16
A few updates 1) @KhayaAI is now up to 10x faster 2) Agentic Assistant launched in @KhayaAI studio 3) VOICE CLONING COMING SOON!! (Watch video for demo 👇) cc @J0eBee @ladu_gyamfi @davidnintang @GhanaNLP @moorekwesi
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Been cooking this for a while and now it’s finally here. Checkout the brand new website for @KhayaAI 🚀🚀🚀
khaya.ai@KhayaAIJan 7
Happy New Year Everyone !! We are re-branding and launching our new website. Are you ready to meet the new Khaya AI Brand?? 👀😊
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I have invites to Perplexity's Comet browser with 1 month of Perplexity Pro for free 🎁🙂 pplx.ai/j0ebee

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Paul Azunre@pazunre25 Jun 2025
Khaya AI NEW TTS models 😀😀😀 covering a lot of Northern Ghana!!! PRETTY SURE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY FOR ALL THESE LANGUAGES 😅😅 Dagaare, Dagbani, Gonja, Gurene, Kusaal, Mampruli Also included is English with West African Accent 😏 Please test and share 👇🏾
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John Twasam@tejay_76 Mar 2025
Today marks Ghana's Independence Day 🇬🇭! One thing you can't take away is our language. The work that @pazunre and team @GhanaNLP is doing is incredible, making our languages easier to learn & integrate into apps. I used their API for my project, and it's amazing! Check it out👇
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Our Director of Product @ladu_gyamfi recently went on YFM @y1025fm @Y1079FM to discuss our recent UN and UNESCO backed @WSAoffice World Summit Award Win 👏🏾 check it out 🚀 🚀
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Queens #122 1:29 👑 lnkd.in/queens.
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Vice News alum @sophiasgaler takes us on a journey into the Ghanaian AI space - prominently featuring our work at @GhanaNLP and our flagship Khaya AI - alongside @dagbaniwiki @GureneWikimedia @minoHealth and other pioneers. Check out her YouTube channel (link below)
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We are excited to announce the launch of our AI conference series - nhyIAmu 🙏🏾 Our first edition will happen on 10th May in partnership with @acitygh and will feature our Director of Product. Come meet one of our leaders & chat about the future of AI in Africa 🙏🏾 😊
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Paul Azunre@pazunre2 Apr 2024
Quick demo of the voice to voice translation between English and Twi that you can try today on our web app. This one is from the perspective of a tourist visiting Ghana and needing to get around. Brought to you by the amazing team at @GhanaNLP @algorineinc
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We are thrilled to announce a massive update to our Text-To-Speech (TTS) model for Twi! We are confident it is the best Twi TTS there now! Give it a listen and see if you agree! Sign up for our API and incorporate it into your products today! 🙏🏾 (link in bio)
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Intense research and many GPU hours over the past few weeks has really paid of with this latest release of Twi speech recognition which is truly impressive and first of its kind 😀. Excited about this huge step and can't wait to work on this for more local languages across Africa
Ghana Natural Language Processing (NLP)@GhanaNLP17 Mar 2024
Our Twi ASR has experienced a dramatic improvement in quality!! It is already deployed to our API and the Khaya app so you can try it right now. A detailed discussion of improvements in metrics coming soon. 🙏🏾
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You can try this now on the Android and IOS Khaya app, Web apps or on our developer APIs. Links linktr.ee/nlpghana

NLP Ghana Official: Facebook, Twitter | Linktree

Ghana NLP is a Grassroots Initiative focused on NLP of Ghanaian Languages

linktr.ee
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Paul Azunre@pazunre19 Dec 2023
The first version of the @GhanaNLP @algorineinc Text To Speech in Twi is out now on our web app 🤩 Link inside video (see top). Mad props to @ladu_gyamfi and @J0eBee for pushing it over the finish line 🏁 👊🏾 Let us know your experience with it 🙏🏾 😊 Tell a friend 🚀
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Happening now xitter.cf/i/spaces/1gqGvQzkkLgKB
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We have experimented with building LLMs for our languages, and now have an early prototype of “ChatGPT for Twi, Ewe, Ga, Dagbani, Gurene, Kikuyu, Luo, Yoruba, Meru…” Want to be one of the first to demo it for your language? Comment your language below for a private demo
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Our web translator just got better! It's blazing fast 🔥 and supports real-time translation, now thanks to a complete rewrite of the front end. You can now also translate Fante! Try it now: translate.ghananlp.org #NLP #GhanaNLP #AI #Svelte #KhayaAI #Africa
Ghana Natural Language Processing (NLP)@GhanaNLP22 Nov 2023
We are excited to roll out an improved Khaya AI African Language Translator web interface. It now offers real-time (“live”) translation as you type, & allows easy switching of language directions. We also added Fante across all of our mobile & web apps, as well & API. (1/2)
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You see the radiation of happiness and joy from their hearts every time they look at each other? If you want to capture beautiful photos like this for your special day, contact us now! What are you waiting for? #NigelAndEsi #GhanaWeddings #WeddingsGhana #ThatNextShot
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