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Introduction
I am a 1st year masters student in Informatics at the University of Tsukuba. I'm part of the Knowledge and Language Computing Laboratory where I conduct research on Natural Language Processing!
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I'm currently interested in applying NLP to improve accessibility.
The aim of my masters thesis is to develop a computational model that makes Japanese more accessible to non-native speakers.
Originally coming from a humanities / social science background, I'm also interested in inter-disciplinary research and aligning AI models to social values.
I host an online kanji dictionary!
Non-native speakers of Japanese frequently rely on furigana to read Japanese texts.
Furigana is a Japanese reading aid made of small phonetic characters printed above or next to kanji to show how to pronounce them.
However, many texts lack furigana, which can make them difficult to read for non-native speakers. Since manually adding furigana to every kanji is tedious, there is a growing need for technology that can automatically add furigana to Japanese text.
One major challenge in automatic furigana generation is distinguishing between heteronyms.
Heteronyms are words that share the same spelling but have different pronunciations and meanings.
For instance, words such as 「辛い」 can have different readings depending on the context, such as "tsurai" (suffer) and "karai" (spicy). This is a significant challenge not only for furigana generation, but also for the development of text-to-speech systems.
I am currently conducting research on lightweight programs that can distinguish between different readings of such heteronyms based on the surrounding words.
Through this research, I aim to make Japanese a more accessible and approachable language for a wider range of people.
A free online kanji dictionary with a handwriting recognizer
A program which automatically generates furigana for Japanese text
Taking photos is one of my hobbies. Most photos appearing on this website were taken by me!
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