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At today’s conference, there are people who can transform the future of our language.


The work that’s already been done—your work at Canolfan Bedwyr and that of others—has created a treasure trove of language technology of which other languages are envious.


Please do make the most of those treasures. You, delegates at the conference today, are the people with the technological knowledge to do so.


Now I’m fond of technology, but not technology just for its own sake. I’m keen to hear your thoughts on how technology can increase the amount of Welsh we use every day. And do remember that technology must help Welsh speakers in a bilingual Wales.


Few are the working days where I just speak English, or just speak Welsh. I switch between both as most Welsh speakers do. And technology must help us use both languages at the same time.


Take the example of speech synthesis. Bangor University is hosting this event today. They’re about to release bilingual synthetic Welsh voices, not just Welsh language ones. That means, for example, that a blind person listening to a Welsh language text will hear the voice of the same ‘person’ as it were, when they then listen to an English article. Maybe we’ll be hearing those voices on train stations in the future. Who knows?


M\-Sparc, on Anglesey, which is part of Bangor University, has held two ‘hackathons’ with our sponsorship. This is a competition inviting innovative ideas to get more people to use more Welsh.


One of the winners was ‘darllen.co.’, a project to help families read Cymraeg with their children, regardless of the parents’ ability in Welsh. For those non\-Welsh\-speaking parents, or those whose Cymraeg hasn’t been part of their routine for a while, these digital books include an English translation. Thanks to the technology, it’s possible to see how long and how many books children read with their parents in Welsh. This is one way for technology to help increase language use—and also to help build confidence. Do you have any similar—or better—ideas today?


With our sponsorship, Bangor University has created a Welsh language transcriber. It ‘listens’ to people speaking Welsh and transcribes what they say as text. It can create automatic Welsh language subtitles for videos. This will help us to find out what’s stored in archive programs and other videos. I hope it will be of great use to broadcasters. And in mentioning broadcasters, it would be appropriate to note that we launched a new partnership with S4C a few weeks ago, with technology as a central.


No doubt you’ve noticed the recent advances in artificial intelligence. For example, Chat g.p.t. surprised a lot of us. We must make sure that there such technology that works well in Welsh too. And Bangor University is currently working on this with our sponsorship.


I’m also pleased that we’ve funded Bangor University to share Cysill—a free Welsh language spell and grammar checker. It can boost people’s confidence in writing Welsh. And we need more confidence!


And we need your help too.


I’ve talked about some of the resources we’ve funded. There’s a lot in existence. But existing isn’t enough. The things we in government—you, the Welsh taxpayers—have paid for must be used in programs and other situations. So what can you do?


Well in the first place, why not spread the word about what’s available to developers?


* Visit our ‘helo blod’ website. It’s a website mainly for businesses. Draw the attention of tech businesses to its technology section, there’s a list of some of the technical components for you to use there.
* What businesses were also telling us was that there was no place that summed up how to offer a good Welsh language experience via technology. So we’ve created one. That ‘toolkit’ is also on the helo blod website and summarises and learns from the experience of a lot of us. It aims to help people understand how to design bilingual services that work equally well in both English and English. Spread the word!
* M\-Sparc has started hosting Welsh language hacathon competitions. Why not pitch your ideas in the next one?


You’ll hear at this conference today about exciting, new developments for our language. You’re the people with the skills and knowledge to put them into practice. You’re the people who can make sure those developments help us use our Cymraeg more. And I hope today inspires you to go for it! Good luck to you all and thank you very much.









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Translation:


 
Mae pobl sy’n gallu trawsnewid dyfodol y Gymraeg yn y gynhadledd heddi.


Mae’r gwaith maen nhw wedi ei wneud yn barod—eich gwaith chi yng nghanolfan Bedwyr ac eraill—wedi creu storfa o drysorau technoleg iaith mae ieithoedd eraill yn cenfigennu wrthyn nhw.


Ewch ati i wneud y mwyaf o’r trysorau hynny. Chi, gynadleddwyr heddi, yw’r bobl sydd â’r sgiliau technolegol i wneud hynny.


Dwi’n hoff o dechnoleg, ond nid technoleg er ei mwyn ei hun. Dwi’n awyddus i glywed eich syniadau am sut mae technoleg yn gallu cynyddu faint o Gymraeg ry’n ni’n ei defnyddio bob dydd. Technoleg i helpu siaradwyr Cymraeg mewn cymru sy’n ddwyieithog.


Prin yw’r diwrnodau gwaith lle dwi jyst yn siarad Saesneg, neu jyst yn siarad Cymraeg. Dwi’n switsio, fel mae’r rhan fwyaf’ ohonon ni yn ei wneud. Ac mae technoleg yn gorfod helpu i ni ddefnyddio’r ddwy iaith ar yr un pryd.


Meddyliwch am synthesis llais er enghraifft. Prifysgol bangor sy’n cynnal y digwyddiad yma heddiw wrth gwrs. Ac yn lle creu lleisiau synthetig uniaith Gymraeg, maen nhw ar fin rhyddhau rhai dwyieithog: Cymraeg a Saesneg. Bydd hyn yn golygu, er enghraifft, bod person dall sy’n gwrando ar destun Cymraeg yn dal i glywed llais yr un ‘person’ fel petai, pan maen nhw’n mynd i ddarllen erthygl Saesneg. Neu efallai dyna’r lleisiau a glywn ni ar orsafoedd trên yn y dyfodol. Pwy a ŵyr?


Mae m\-sparc, ar ynys môn, sy’n rhan o’r brifysgol yma, wedi cynnal dwy ‘hacathon’ gyda’n nawdd ni. Dyma gystadleuaeth yn gwahodd syniadau newydd i gael mwy o bobl i ddefnyddio mwy o Gymraeg.


Un o’r enillwyr oedd ‘darllen.co.’, prosiect i helpu teuluoedd i ddarllen gyda’u plant, beth bynnag yw gallu’r rhieni yn Gymraeg. I’r rhai sy’n ddi\-Gymraeg, neu’r rhai dyw’r Gymraeg ddim wedi bod yn rhan o’u rwtîn ers sbel, mae’r llyfrau digidol yma yn cynnwys cyfieithiad Saesneg. Diolch i’r dechnoleg, mae modd gweld pa mor hir a faint o lyfrau mae’r plant yn eu darllen gyda’u rhieni. Dyma un ffordd i dechnoleg helpu cynyddu defnydd—a falle magu hyder y rhieni hefyd. Oes syniad tebyg, neu well gyda chi heddiw?


Gyda’n nawdd ni, mae prifysgol bangor wedi creu trawsgrifiwr Cymraeg. Mae’n ‘gwrando’ ar bobl yn siarad Cymraeg ac yn teipio beth maen nhw’n ei ddweud. Mae’n gallu creu isdeitlau Cymraeg awtomatig i fideos. Bydd hyn yn creu ffordd o wybod beth sydd mewn rhaglenni archif a fideos eraill. Gobeithio y bydd o ddefnydd mawr i ddarlledwyr. O ran hynny, byddai’n briodol sôn ein bod ni wedi creu partneriaeth newydd ag S4C ychydig wythnosau’n ôl, a thechnoleg yn rhan ganolog ohoni.


Mae’n siŵr eich bod chi wedi sylwi ar ddatblygiadau deallusrwydd artiffisial, ‘a.i’. Er enghraifft, mae chat g.p.t. Wedi synnu lot ohonon ni. Rhaid inni wneud yn sicr bod yna dechnoleg felly sy’n gweithio’n dda yn y Gymraeg hefyd. Ac mae prifysgol bangor wrthi’n gweithio ar hyn gyda’n nawdd ni.


Dwi’n falch hefyd ein bod wedi ariannu prifysgol bangor i rannu Cysill—gwirydd sillafu a gramadeg am ddim. Hwb i hyder bobl wrth sgwennu Cymraeg. Ac mae isie hyder arnon ni!


Ac mae isie’ch help chi arnon ni.


Dwi ‘di sôn am rai o’r adnoddau ry ni wedi eu hariannu. Mae lot yn bodoli. Ond dyw bodoli ddim digon. Rhaid i’r pethau ry’n ni yn llywodraeth —chi drethdalwyr cymru—wedi talu amdanyn nhw gael eu defnyddio mewn rhaglenni a sefyllfaoedd eraill. Felly beth gallwch chi wneud?


Wel yn y lle cynta’, beth am ledu’r gair am beth sydd ar gael i ddatblygwyr?


* Ewch at ein gwefan ‘helo blod’. Gwefan i fusnesau yn benna yw hi. Tynnwch sylw busnesau technoleg at yr adran *technoleg*, mae na restr o rai o’r cydrannau technegol i chi ddefnyddio yno.
* Beth oedd busnesau yn ei ddweud wrthon ni hefyd odd bod dim lle oedd yn crynhoi sut mae cynnig gwasanaeth Cymraeg da ar dechnoleg. Felly ry’n ni wedi creu un. Mae’r ‘toolkit’ yna hefyd ar wefan helo blod ac yn crynhoi ac yn dysgu o brofiad lot ohonon ni. Y nod yw helpu i bobl ddeall sut mae cynllunio gwasanaethau dwyieithog sy’n gweithio yr un mor dda yn Gymraeg a Saesneg. Rhannwch y gair!
* Mae M\-Sparc wedi dechrau cynnal cystadlaethau hac y Gymraeg. Beth am pitch\-io eich syniadau yn yr un nesaf?


Fe wnewch chi glywed yn y gynhadledd yma heddiw am ddatblygiadau newydd, cyffrous i’n hiaith ni. Chi yw’r bobl sydd â’r sgiliau a’r wybodaeth i’w rhoi nhw ar waith. Chi yw’r bobl sy’n gallu neud yn siŵr bod nhw’n ein helpu ni i ddefnyddio mwy ar y Gymraeg. A dwi’n gobeithio cewch chi’r ysbrydoliaeth heddiw i fynd amdani! Pob lwc i chi i gyd a diolch yn fawr iawn.









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