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November 1, 2022

The final milestone of the language technology program for Icelandic 20218-2022 was reached at the beginning of October. All the data and tools that were created in connection with the language technology program can now be found in the CLARIN-IS repository. A good overview of everything that can be found in the repository area is available here.

July 1, 2022

At the end of last month, the eighth and penultimate milestone of the language technology program was completed. A total of 18 new entries were added in May and June to the CLARIN-IS repository (http://repository.clarin.is). As an example, Miðeind sent in the data that forms the basis of the website Yfirlestur.is, where it is possible to have an Icelandic text reviewed and corrected. TÍRÓ has created a web portal for speech synthesizers (https://tts.tiro.is) and the source code can be found in the CLARIN-IS repository. Reykjavík University used the web portal to develop WebRice, a web reader that can be added to web pages so that users can select text and listen to it instead of reading it.

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CLARIN ERIC

CLARIN ERIC is an ESFRI initiative, one of EU's ERICs – CLARIN stands for “Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure” and ERIC stands for “European Research Infrastructure Consortium”. CLARIN ERIC operates according to statutes that have been approved by the European Commission.

The main goal of CLARIN ERIC is that all digital language resources and tools from all over Europe and beyond are accessible through a single sign-on online environment to support researchers in the humanities and social sciences, and for use within language technology.

CLARIN-IS

Iceland joined CLARIN ERIC on February 1st, 2020, after having been an observer since November 2018. The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture assigned The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies the role of leading partner in the Icelandic National Consortium and appointed Professor Emeritus Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson as National Coordinator. Starkaður Barkarson replaced Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson in October 2021. Most of the relevant institutions participate in the CLARIN-IS National Consortium.

The Árni Magnússon Institute has already established a Metadata Providing Centre (CLARIN C-Centre) which hosts metadata for Icelandic language resources and makes them available through the Virtual Language Observatory. The aim is to establish a Service Providing Centre (CLARIN B-Centre) which will provide both service and access to resources and knowledge.