(Archived) Educational Content Translation through Machine Learning
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french language user experience (ux) english language innovation machine learningWHO: Grey-box is social innovation startup that is working on providing free wifi access to educational content in areas where internet and electricity access is problematic.
WHY: 50% of the world lives offline – they haven’t connected to the internet in the last 3 months. In Africa, the average cost for 1GB of data is 7% of the average monthly salary. Even in North America, 50% of rural Canada do not have access to the minimum speed for internet. We believe that this is a solvable problem.
HOW: In a nutshell, for the current project (codename: symmetry), we want to translate content from one language in Wikipedia to another (for example, improve Molière English Wikipedia article based on the content available only on the french page - and vice versa). The idea is to improve the overall Wikipedia content, especially in underrepresented languages.
Grey-box is a nonprofit structured under the principle of mobile-first and remote-first.
Testing the efficiency of various ML models in translation and sematic comparaison use cases.
Ensure intuitive UX of the app
Integrate the app with Wikipedia's database as an input and an output.
Document this open source project to ensure accessibility of this project
Senior Java Mentor.
Project Management Mentor.
The team will have access to the IT team within the organization.
Other consultants and mentors can be provided if needed.
About the company
Grey-box is a social innovation startup. Its main product, Uni, provides wireless access to digital resources (such as Wikipedia, Khan academy, several MOOC-type online courses, medical databases) in areas where access to the internet or to electricity is unreliable.
While 50% of the world's population is not connected - and the COVID-19 situation is exacerbating these inequalities - our team is working on an accessible product (portable, energy efficient, climate resistant and, above all, less than 100 $ the unit) which allows anyone to connect to these essential resources for their development and autonomy.
Grey-box is a nonprofit structured under the principle of mobile-first and remote-first. Diversity is not only encouraged, it is an integral part of the strength of the team and its projects