Kick-off of the Shared Task: MCV Spontaneous Speech

Robert Pugh

13 Oct 2025 — 1 min read

Join us for the official kick‑off of the Shared Task: Mozilla Common Voice Spontaneous Speech!

This live, online gathering will bring together researchers, engineers, and language‑technology enthusiasts from around the world to launch the challenge focused on building robust, multilingual ASR systems for under‑represented languages. In a collaborative Zoom session, you’ll hear an overview of the challenge timeline, data resources, evaluation metrics, and prize structure, followed by an open Q&A where participants can discuss ideas, share insights, and explore cross‑lingual strategies.

Whether you’re already prototyping a model or just curious about the problem space, this event is the perfect place to connect, ask questions, and start shaping the next generation of inclusive speech technology.

For more on the Shared Task Challenge, follow this link: https://community.mozilladatacollective.com/shared-task-mozilla-common-voice-spontaneous-speech-asr/

There will be two sessions in order to accommodate multiple time zones:

Thursday, October 16
- 6pm UTC+3 (https://luma.com/cr9fehms) for European afternoon/Americas morning
- 6pm UTC-6 (https://luma.com/0lwc2oyk) for Americas afternoon/Oceania morning

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