Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Transcribing speech is never neutral. It shapes power and bias

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Associate Professor, Chair of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia

Earlier this year I gave a talk about my research at Oxford’s All Souls College, and worked with a chef to design an accompanying menu.

Thinking about my work in southwest Western Australia, I typed “Boorloo”, the Nyungar name for the City of Perth.

Autocorrect had other ideas. It replaced it with “Barolo” – which, I thought, made for a fitting wine choice on the night.

It was an amusing moment, but…

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