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Open ASR Leaderboard adds Egyptian and Nigerian English accents

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Hugging Face has expanded its Open ASR Leaderboard by adding new private datasets featuring Egyptian and Nigerian English accents. This collaboration with Liva AI aims to improve representation and trust in automatic speech recognition (ASR) evaluations. The leaderboard will now provide a more nuanced breakdown of accents, categorizing them based on Kachru's Three Circles model, distinguishing between Inner Circle Englishes and Outer/Expanding Circle Englishes. AI

IMPACT Enhances ASR evaluation accuracy and inclusivity by adding new accent data.

RANK_REASON This is an update to an existing product/service (leaderboard) with new data, not a novel release or significant industry event.

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Open ASR Leaderboard adds Egyptian and Nigerian English accents

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    Egyptian and Nigerian English join the Open ASR Leaderboard

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