he Ministry of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform on Tuesday presented the first results of its partnership with the French company Mistral AI: two models built for Darija.
The first is a classifier able to identify the language of a text and to tell apart several Arabic dialects, Moroccan Darija among them. The second, a speech recognition model from the Voxtral family, transcribes Darija into text, including when the speaker switches between Arabic, French and English.
The ministry says the tools will be “soon available in open source.” Other models are in development under this multi-year partnership, in generative AI as well as speech recognition.
“By enabling AI to better understand Darija and, gradually, the national languages, we are strengthening digital inclusion, the quality of public services and Morocco’s capacity to master its technological choices,” the ministry said. The language of the street will thus reach the government counter.
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Ministère de la Transition numérique et de la Réforme de l’administration - Le Ministère de la Transition Numérique et de la Réforme de l’Administration du Royaume du Maroc et Mistral AI annoncent les premières briques d’IA développées dans le cadre de leur partenariat
