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Euphonia

Project Euphonia

Communication powered by open source research.

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Project Euphonia is a Google Research initiative working to make speech recognition software more accessible.

Conversations are a daily occurrence, but talking can be a major challenge for millions of people around the world with atypical speech.

How it works

Contribute

Learn more about our research partnerships with the Speech Accessibility Project and how you can help curate and develop open-source datasets.

Build

Leverage our suite of open-source materials to build and research more accessible speech recognition technologies.

Enhance

Work to integrate this research into app updates and other accessibility initiatives for people with non-standard speech.

Euphonia in action

Thumbnail of Tim Shaw, former NFL player, standing in a between two other Titans players at a game.

Our work with Tim Shaw, a former NFL player living with ALS

Video thumbnail of Tim Shaw sitting in front of a laptop next to his family, smiling.

How a former NFL player is using AI to get his voice back

Video thumbnail of a hand holding a phone using the Project Relate app.

Customized speech recognition for people with non-standard speech

Thumbnail of Aubrie Lee, who has muscular dystrophy, explaining Project Relate.

Project Relate is an Android beta app created to empower people with non-standard speech

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“So very grateful for this project, and I am hopeful this will help
many who struggle to communicate their thoughts to the world.”

“So very grateful for this project, and I am hopeful this will help many who struggle to communicate their thoughts to the world.”

Sadeepa

“I’m with you for the long haul. I want to make this work. I used
Google Assistant to gain my independence…This program means so much to me and other people like me.”

“I’m with you for the long haul. I want to make this work. I used Google Assistant to gain my independence…This program means so much to me and other people like me.”

Michael

“It gave me motivation to help out with the research so that I can
help not only myself but also a larger group of people with
communication challenges that are often left out.”

“It gave me motivation to help out with the research so that I can help not only myself but also a larger group of people with communication challenges that are often left out.”

Zach

Before you get started

How can I access open source resources to build speech recognition technologies?

You can access and contribute to Project Euphonia via GitHub today. Project Euphonia is a research initiative that allows developers in the ecosystem to build their own Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models for the purpose of research. We hope this will enable more people to develop tailored solutions for additional languages and cultural contexts.

How can I contribute to Google’s research?

To contribute to a diverse dataset of non-standard speech, we recommend reaching out to the Speech Accessibility Project. This initiative, led by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and supported by companies including Google, aims to improve speech recognition across the industry by making diverse data available to researchers and developers. The program is currently available in English.

How can I access non-standard speech data?

While Project Euphonia’s dataset is not available to outside teams or companies, we are committed to supporting the ecosystem of speech recognition technologies through our Project Euphonia GitHub page. You can build your own audio tool to collect speech data, and train and transcribe functionalities for personalized Speech Models.