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Dzongkha Next Word Prediction
Typing in Dzongkha is both time-consuming and cumbersome (Wangchuk et al., 2022). A word in Dzongkha can consist of a single syllable རྒྱུ (property) or multiple syllables ས་སྨུག་སྤུབས་སྤུབསཔ (cloudy) (Chungku et al., 2011). Typing a single-syllable word like རྒྱུ requires six keypresses, while a more complex multi-syllabic word such as ས་སྨུག་སྤུབས་སྤུབསཔ demands 22 keypresses. Similarly, most Dzongkha words require numerous keystrokes, making digital communication inefficient and tedious.
The Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) is involved in the Research Endowment Fund (REF), which aims to promote systematic investigation of issues relevant to Bhutanese society. The RUB functions as the interim Secretariat of the REF, which was established to support research and knowledge creation.
The project is awarded to Mr. Karma Wangchuk , Lecturer and team for Nu. 499,925.80
Karma Wangchuk
Principal Investigator | Lecture, Computing Technologies Department
College of Science and Technology
Kezang Dema
Co-Principal Investigator | Lecture, Computing Technologies Department
College of Science and Technology
Pema Thinley
Co-Principal Investigator | Assistant Lecture, Computing Technologies Department
College of Science and Technology
Pema Galey
Co-Principal Investigator | Lecture, Computing Technologies Department
College of Science and Technology
Jeevan Gurung
Co-Principal Investigator | Lecture, Computing Technologies Department
College of Science and Technology
Dzongkha Next Word Prediction
Typing in Dzongkha is both time-consuming and cumbersome (Wangchuk et al., 2022). A word in Dzongkha can consist of a single syllable རྒྱུ (property) or multiple syllables ས་སྨུག་སྤུབས་སྤུབསཔ (cloudy) (Chungku et al., 2011). Typing a single-syllable word like རྒྱུ requires six keypresses, while a more complex multi-syllabic word such as ས་སྨུག་སྤུབས་སྤུབསཔ demands 22 keypresses. Similarly, most Dzongkha words require numerous keystrokes, making digital communication inefficient and tedious.
The Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) is involved in the Research Endowment Fund (REF), which aims to promote systematic investigation of issues relevant to Bhutanese society. The RUB functions as the interim Secretariat of the REF, which was established to support research and knowledge creation.
The project is awarded to Mr. Karma Wangchuk , Lecturer and team for Nu. 499,925.80
Karma Wangchuk
Principal Investigator | Lecture, Computing Technologies Department
College of Science and Technology
Kezang Dema
Co-Principal Investigator | Lecture, Computing Technologies Department
College of Science and Technology
Pema Thinley
Co-Principal Investigator | Assistant Lecture, Computing Technologies Department
College of Science and Technology
Pema Galey
Co-Principal Investigator | Lecture, Computing Technologies Department
College of Science and Technology
Jeevan Gurung
Co-Principal Investigator | Lecture, Computing Technologies Department
College of Science and Technology
AI Dakzin
The Dakzin AI-powered Animal Intrusion Detection System is a groundbreaking solution designed to mitigate human-wildlife conflict in Bhutan. Developed by the College of Science & Technology (CST) at the Royal University of Bhutan, this system has been successfully deployed for pilot testing at remote agricultural sites
Dzongkha-English Translation
Dzongkha Neural Machine Translation facilitates the translation of text between Dzongkha and English. With a focus on Dzongkha-to-English translation, this application aims to break down language barriers and foster cross-cultural understanding. Users can easily translate written content, facilitating communication, language learning, and cultural exchange
Dzongkha ASR
Automatic Speech Recognition enables the conversion of spoken words in Dzongkha into written text. By leveraging advanced ASR technology, this application can transcribe spoken content accurately and efficiently. This functionality opens up possibilities for transcription services, voice commands, and voice-controlled interfaces in Dzongkha.
Dzongkha Text-to-Speech
Text-to-Speech allows users to convert written text into natural-sounding spoken words in Dzongkha.This application provides an immersive audio experience, enabling users to listen to written content or assist visually impaired individuals in accessing information.