Indigenous language technologyspeech technology for Aboriginal EnglishParticipation documented

Aboriginal English Voices

Perth, Australia

The project uses Indigenous governance, an Indigenous advisory committee, Aboriginal-led fieldwork, culturally safe collection methods, and community co-design of prompts and transcription guidelines.

decolonizationIndigenous data governanceinclusive language technologyproblem formulationdata governancedata collectionannotationmodel evaluation

Project documentation Evidence source

Overview

Region: Oceania
Lead organization: University of Western Australia Language Lab; Google Australia
Organization type: university + industry partnership
Technology group: speech recognition / ASR
Activity status: active
Start year: 2023
Last updated: Mar 25, 2026

Participation documentation

Participation mode: Indigenous governance + culturally safe data collection + co-design
Participants: Aboriginal English speakers; Indigenous advisors; fieldworkers; researchers
Methods: culturally safe interviews; advisory committee; Indigenous governance; co-designed prompts; transcription guideline co-design; remuneration
AI lifecycle stages: problem formulation; data governance; data collection; annotation; model evaluation
Evidence summary: The project uses Indigenous governance, an Indigenous advisory committee, Aboriginal-led fieldwork, culturally safe collection methods, and community co-design of prompts and transcription guidelines.
Atlas assessment: Core · High confidence · evidence grade A
Uncertainty: Public evidence indicates that stakeholders directly shaped AI design, data, deployment, evaluation, or oversight; residual uncertainty concerns the exact degree of shared decision power rather than project existence.