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Towards lecture transcription in resource-scarce environments
(Pattern recognition association of South Africa (PRASA), 2012)
We present progress towards automated Lecture Transcription (LT) in resource scarce environments. Our development has focused on the transcription of lectures in Afrikaans from two faculties at North-West University. A ...
Context-dependent modelling of English vowels in Sepedi code-switched speech
(Pattern recognition association of South Africa (PRASA), 2012)
When modelling code-switched speech (utterances that contain a mixture of languages), the embedded language often contains phones not found in the matrix language. These are typically dealt with by either extending the ...
Implementing the uses of ict in agro - products to improve market information services: challenges and opportunities for Tanzania
(Global business and technology association, 2012)
The need to provide agricultural information for improving agro products market information has led to emergence of numerous ICT-based projects in developing country. These projects aim at promoting commercialization of ...
WhatsApp with BlackBerry; can messengers be MXit? A philosophical approach to evaluate social networking sites
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012)
In an Information Technology course, learners are confronted with learning about technology; programming, other technical subjects and some mathematics and statistics. Although learners can struggle with the logical thinking ...
Building Capacity and Developing Human capital
(Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2012)
There is a growing consensus on the potential for information and communications technologies (ICTs) to support socio-economic development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Universities as providers of higher education are ...
Using Critical Systems thinking to Improve Student Performance in Networking
(WASET, 2012)
This paper explores how Critical Systems Thinking and Action Research can be used to improve student performance in Networking. When describing a system from a systems thinking perspective, the following aspects can be ...
A voice service for user feedback on school meals
(ACM, 2012)
Research using voice-based services as a technology platform for providing information access and services within developing world regions has shown much promise. The results for design and deployment of such voice-based ...
Response Surface Modeling and Optimization to Elucidate the Differential Effects of Demographic Characteristics on HIV Prevalence in South Africa
(IEEE, 2012)
In this study, a Central Composite Face Centered (CCF) design was employed to study the individual and interaction effects of demographic characteristics on the spread of HIV in South Africa. The demographic characteristics ...
Innovative Teaching in Systems Analysis and Design - an Action Research Project
(WASET, 2012)
Systems Analysis and Design is a key subject in Information Technology courses, but students do not find it easy to cope with, since it is not “precise" like programming and not exact like Mathematics. It is a subject ...
A critical social research perspective on self-directed learning and information technology practitioners
(WASET, 2012)
Information systems practitioners are frequently required to master new technology, often without the aid of formal training. They require the skill to manage their own learning and, when this skill is developed in their ...