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Voice technology

Pitjantjatjara voice & speakers

Donor voice

Kuku YalanjiAnindilyakwa

The actual voice heard for Yalanji and Anindilyakwa pronunciation.

The neural voice the app speaks with is the Pitjantjatjara (Anangu) model from MMS, learned from recorded readings in Pitjantjatjara. For Kuku Yalanji — a related Western Desert/Pama-Nyungan neighbour — it is a close fit; for Anindilyakwa it is a respectful stand-in from a different language family until Warnindilyakwa voices are recorded. We are grateful to the Pitjantjatjara speakers whose voice makes this possible, and treat it as a scaffold, not a replacement for either community’s own.