Shared Task Kick-off by Mozilla Data Collective [Americas afternoon]

​Join us for the official kick‑off of the Shared Task: Mozilla Common Voice Spontaneous Speech!

​This live, online gathering will bring together researchers, engineers, and language‑technology enthusiasts from around the world to launch the challenge focused on building robust, multilingual ASR systems for under‑represented languages. In a collaborative Zoom session, you’ll hear an overview of the challenge timeline, data resources, evaluation metrics, and prize structure, followed by an open Q&A where participants can discuss ideas, share insights, and explore cross‑lingual strategies.

​Whether you’re already prototyping a model or just curious about the problem space, this event is the perfect place to connect, ask questions, and start shaping the next generation of inclusive speech technology.

​For more on the Shared Task Challenge, follow this link: https://community.mozilladatacollective.com/shared-task-mozilla-common-voice-spontaneous-speech-asr/

​Join our global community on Discord and Discourse!

​Learn more about the Mozilla Data Collective: https://datacollective.mozillafoundation.org/

​Your hosts for this session are Robert Pugh and Diego Alberto Barriga Martínez.

​Robert Pugh is an experienced NLP engineer and a Senior Language Community Manager with Mozilla Data Collective. He is also a PhD candidate in Computational Linguistics at Indiana University.

​Diego Barriga is a Computer Engineer/Master Student from National Autonomous University of Mexico with focus on Natural Language Processing applied to indigenous languages and Data Quality Engineer on MDC.