Nigeria alone has a population of approximately 200 million citizens with an adult literacy rate of 59.6%. Meaning over 80 million adults are not fluent in English. Almost every Nigerian understands and can speak Nigerian pidgin. Nigerian Pidgin is also spoken across Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Cameroon and of-course Nigeria. Mobile phone penetration is over 84% - just saying. I have built a prototype algorithm that at this moment does okay in recognizing pidgin, interpreting it to English and can communicate back(text to speech) in Nigerian pidgin. It's been tested by few of my colleagues and friends... And does fairly good in recognizing most of what they say in pidgin, however not as good as Siri or Alexa yet. I was wondering beyond research optimizations, if there is a business model or any commercial viability into this algorithm? Thanks!
Sounds wonderful. Well done.
In order to find commercial viability (or a business model), it would be best to try answer the following question: which 'pain' / problem does your solution solve for people (or can solve for them with certain changes).
For example: if there is a known problem/pain of people who come to Nigeria and are then unable to communicate properly because of the language barrier, then this could be a wonderful tool (mobile app?) for them, which they would be willing to pay to use. Or maybe vice versa: many Nigerians have difficulty speaking English to people who come to Nigeria (although you need to be sure that they would be willing / able to pay for your service).
I think that there are many other options and would be happy to help you discuss them (free of charge - with the intention of 'partnering' with you if it looks to be profitable) - https://clarity.fm/assafben-david/probable653
Good luck
Answered 6 years ago
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