Téarmaí Úsáide
If you use ABAIR technologies (e.g. synthetic voices, speech recognition, language models) in your work, you are asked to acknowledge ABAIR.
Use of ABAIR Technologies: Acknowledgement Required
ABAIR technologies (including TTS, ASR, LLMs, and all tools available through Léigh Dom and ABAIR's other platforms) are provided free of charge for community, educational, and non-profit use.
If you use ABAIR as part of your workflow, for example, to narrate documents, produce audiobooks, or generate spoken audio for public or private projects, we kindly ask that you acknowledge ABAIR in your materials.
This acknowledgement supports the continued development of freely available Irish-language speech and language technologies and helps communicate the impact of community use.
Conas aitheantas a thabhairt do ABAIR
In practice, you can acknowledge ABAIR in any of the following ways:
1. In audio and video credits (podcasts, audiobooks, YouTube, Vimeo, etc.):
Narration generated using ABAIR (abair.ie)
Speech synthesis technology provided by ABAIR, Trinity College Dublin.
2. On websites, project pages, or digital resources:
This project uses ABAIR speech and language technologies.
Learn more at abair.ie
3. In printed materials (this includes all print and online material, including websites, apps, social media profiles, videos, blogs, posters, brochures, invitations and advertisements):
Speech synthesis / text processing powered by ABAIR.
Please also include the ABAIR logo:
Íoslódáil Lógó ABAIR
ABAIR Logo (Hollow SVG)
ABAIR Logo (Green Outline)
ABAIR Logo (Classic)
ABAIR Logo (Flat)
ABAIR Logo (Small)
Why We Ask for This
ABAIR is a publicly funded research initiative – we are based in the Phonetics and Speech Lab., School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences and funded by the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht.
Acknowledging the use of our tools:
- supports transparency
- recognises the work of the research team
- and promotes the development of an Irish-speech and language technology sector (in line with the 'Digital Plan for the Irish Language - Language Speech and Technology, 2023-2027')
Your Content and Our Service
Léigh Dom is a research tool provided as-is, with no warranty. Synthesis may fail, mispronounce, or be unavailable while the upstream service is down.
You retain ownership of any document you upload. The synthesised audio is yours to use, subject to the acknowledgement request above.
Only upload documents you have the rights to. Do not use the service to produce misleading, impersonating, or unlawful audio.
The Irish TTS service (synthesis.abair.ie) is operated by the ABAIR project; using this tool means your text passes through that upstream.
If you have questions about permitted uses, different formats for acknowledging ABAIR, or collaborations, please contact us at [email protected]
