Exciting updates from #Wikimedia's Language and Internationalization Newsletter!

* Machine Translation (MinT) now available for 202 language Wikipedias!
* Over 67,000 translations made last quarter with Content Translation tool.
* Insights from a user study on translatable pages.
* Language support for West Coast Bajau added in MediaWiki.

Stay tuned for more exciting news in the next release!

#LanguageTech #WikiUpdates #LocalizationMatters

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/10/17/language-and-internationalization-newsletters-1/

Redoing #introductiontoot to have hashtags! 
I’ve been in #education for close to 30 years! High School #technologyintegration specialist in the USA seeking meaningful learning after COVID tech over-usage. Former #spanish T, tech integrator, desktop support specialist, project director of early 1:1 learning initiative. Oversaw #online #synchronous #languageTech school, researched sync online methodologies, adjunct prof about online and #meaningful technology use for learning. #edutooter #edtech

Interested in speech tech? Join us!

The First Dutch Speech Tech Day
Mon Feb 20, 2023
Beeld en Geluid, Hilversum.

It will connect #students, #researchers, #developers and #users of #SpeechTechnology in the Netherlands.

More info: https://sites.google.com/view/dutchspeechtechday/home

Good afternoon #Mastodon! It's time for another #connection #connectionlist #introduction - to help you connect you with more incredible folx in the Fediverse

@natashamitchell is a #journo #journalist with the ABC, who presents the #ScienceFriction podcast (live broadcast from ANU Cybernetics in late November - follow #AustralianCybernetic for more deets)

@daxtens is a #programmer and #linux person, who works on the #grub bootloader and he's been super helpful with guiding me to learn more around #Mastodon. Thank you so much, Daniel!

@rctatman is incredible and she is a socio-#linguist and works with #languagetech such as #ASR and #TTS and #NLP. It was her #PhD work that helped me direct my own research

@istathar is Andrew, and he works on #space exploration. He works with #Haskell and #fp and also #linux and #opensource.

@jwarburton is Jessica and she is into #sysadmin stuff. She is based in #Melbourne / #Naarm

@ProfEuanRitchie is an #academic in #environment and #environmental issues, and he is committed to social and environmental #justice and #ecology and #conservation. He's based in #Melbourne / #Naarm

@mariah is Mariah and they (I don't want to assume pronouns) are into #data #solarpunk #solartech #opensource, and also #dogsofmastodon

More tonight!

Good morning Mastodon! In today's #connectionlist #connection #introduction post, I'd like you all to meet:

@pleia2 - Elizabeth K Joseph is a longtime #opensource advocate, and has written books on #openstack and #linux

@mwyres is another #Geelong person, and he's into #IT and #footy

@leahdriel is an information science #PhD candidate at Western, and she's into #complexsystems #sensemaking #transitions (oh you should connect with @eltwilliams!)

@ejstacey is a #union #activist (hi all the #antifascist folks), and he has a beautiful #greyhond called Althea and she is adorbs!

@alysonf is a #maker, a #storyteller and a #digital producer

@Stavros is a retired #teacher an a #writer and is into #auspol and #science

@amyfou is a #linguist and loves #animals. She works with the #Indigenous community in the states building #languageTech. She is improving her #code - so #python folks, say hello.

@sendai selamat siang, Sendai! Sendai is an #vegan #solarpunk person and they post interesting content critical of growth culture.

@craftykraken is a #scifi nerd, a #gamer and did her postgrad work in #ClassicalAntiquity. You might want to follow her if you like #Zen #Buddhism.

That's all for today, another #connectionlist tomorrow :-)