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Hmong Language Research

As an evolutionary continuation of our Hmong Text Reader  app, we will be moving on to the next stages of research and development for bringing artificial intelligence to make computers better understand the Hmong language. Our goal is to bring natural language translation from Hmong to English as well as from English to Hmong (other languages may follow depending on future funding goals). We will also be improving our Hmong Text Reader to include both White and Green Hmong dialects.

Once both projects are completed, they will be merged into one project to give computers and mobile devices the abilities to translate from one language to the other in a natural way -- in realtime. Granted, this is a very ambitious project and it will take time, but we have the knowledge and expertise to bring this project to fruition. Our secondary goal is to create a web application that will teach people how to read, write and speak Hmong. We have beta-tested a curriculum with Dr. Bee Lo at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse a few years ago but abandoned it due to financial restrictions. If we exceed our funding goals, this is one area of interests that we will definitely revisit.

The number of Hmong youths unable to speak our language is growing every day. It is time for us to take the next steps in research, development and preserving the Hmong language for our future generations. It's time to move beyond having an app that just reads Hmong texts back to you.

We would love for you to take these new steps with us -- as we endeavor to preserve our language and to develop modern tools to share our language with the world. Please fund us and help us preserve our language before it disappears.

** Note: any donations we receive will also go toward keeping the Hmong Text Reader server online.

About Us:
- We have been developing and maintaining our Hmong Text Reader web application for free over the past 13 years.

- We are proud to create the very first Hmong software (HeD) back in 1998.

- We have over 25 years of experiences creating unique software solutions to real problems in numerous programming languages and theories.

- Pa has been teaching inner-city elementary school children in Saint Paul, MN for over 10 years.

- Koua has worked with many different businesses, technologies and programming languages for over 25 years.

Organizer

Kuam N Paj
Organizer
Fridley, MN

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