Most speech databases are trained with an overrepresentation of certain demographics which results in a bias towards <articleLink>male and middle class</articleLink>. Accents and dialects that tend to be under-represented in training data sets are typically associated with groups of people who are already marginalised. Many machines also struggle to understand female voices. This is why in our voice database we want variety!
Mae'r rhan fwyaf o gronfeydd data llais wedi'u hyfforddi gyda gormod o ddemograffeg penodol sy'n arwain at ragfarn tuag at <articleLink>dynion dosbarth canol</articleLink>. Fel arfer, mae acenion a thafodieithoedd sy'n dueddol o gael eu tangynrychioli mewn hyfforddiant yn gosod setiau data yn adlewyrchu'r grwpiau o bobl sydd eisoes wedi'u hymyleiddio. Mae llawer o beiriannau hefyd yn cael trafferth i ddeall lleisiau merched. Dyna pam rydym eisiau amrywiaeth yn ein cronfa ddata llais!