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Interspeech Paper
INTERSPEECH 2025 took place in Rotterdam where OFAI was represented by Lorenz Gutscher and Michael Pucher. Their paper "Audio-Based Classification and Geographic Regression of Austrian …
Article: Austrian Dialect Classifier
Lorenz Gutscher and Michael Pucher had an interview with Jana Wiese - a journalist for futurezone.at and Kurier. The outcome is a nice article that …
Article: Austrian Dialect Classifier
Lorenz Gutscher and Michael Pucher had an interview with Jana Wiese - a journalist for futurezone.at and Kurier. The outcome is a nice article that …
Citizen Science Award
We’re excited to announce that our project DialektDetect has been nominated for the Citizen Science Award by the OeAD!
After training an AI model …
KI und Stimmen @ Bundes-Blindeninstitut
While Text-to-Speech systems might seem like a convenient gadget to some, they can be life-changing for blind or visually impaired individuals.
In a recent workshop …
DialektDetect @ Wiener Forschungsfest 2025
In this citizen science project, we explore how well humans and AI can identify Austrian dialects based solely on audio. Participants placed location markers on …
OFAI's presentation of LEGO Audio & Braille Building Instructions at the Wiener Forschungsfest 2025 - a big success!
OFAI presented LEGO Audio & Braille Building Instructions at the Wiener Forschungsfest 2025. In two and a half days approx. 400 visitors built small LEGO models …
OFAI is represented at the Wiener Forschungsfest 2025 with 2 contributions
OFAI will provide 2 contributions to the Wiener Forschungsfest 2025 that takes place from March 21st -- 23rd in the localities of the Viennese townhall.
The …
Can AI create humour?
OFAI Associate Researcher Tristan Miller is interviewed for matrix - computer & neue medien, ORF Radio Ö1's weekly show on the digitalization of society. In the episode …
Peter Hallman speaks at the Workshop Cause(e/r) "The Interplay between Event Structure and Argument Realization"
Peter Hallman spoke by invitation at the Workshop Cause(e/r): The Interplay between Event Structure and Argument Realization at the University of Cologne, January …