Transcribing speech is never neutral. It shapes power and bias
- Written by Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Associate Professor, Chair of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia
Vaselena / Getty ImagesEarlier this year I gave a talk about my research at Oxford’s All Souls College, and worked with a chef to design an accompanying menu.
Thinking about my work in southwest Western Australia, I typed “Boorloo”, the Nyungar name for the City of Perth.
Autocorrect had other ideas. It replaced it with...





