AI text-to-speech gives Manx a digital voice as speakers fall to 2,200

With only 2,200 people still speaking the Manx language, Chris Bartley is using AI text-to-speech systems to protect and showcase the heritage of endangered languages. Bartley, a School of Computer Science Ph.D. student at the University of Sheffield, has developed a speech and language AI text-to-speech system for endangered languages, with a particular focus upon Manx, the heritage language of the Isle of Man, where he originates from.