Tanzania Chief Justice Prof. Ibrahim Hamis Juma said that the Tanzania judiciary has incorporated AI in its new transcriptions and translations system that aims to improve court efficiency.
Prof.Juma shared this new achievement yesterday at Chinangali ground in Dodoma during the Law Week commemoration event.
“We can’t hire stenographers for all 34 judges serving the Court of Appeal, 105 judges in the High Court, and about 2000 magistrates, but we can use A. I which we have now adopted for transcription” said Juma.
“Automatic transcription will reduce the judge’s burden of work, as the judges and magistrates’ job is to listen and make decisions and not to do transcription,” continued Prof Juma.
To ensure that the system performs its translation task efficiently, the system was fed with Kiswahili dialects of various communities from Tanzanian inland to Pemba Island. The system was also trained on the Tanzanian English attribution.
The system was developed in collaboration with the Italian company Almawave, using its proprietary speech recognition technologies of PerVoice.
According to the company, the framework agreement with the Tanzania judiciary will last for four years, with the first-year value of the contract standing at USD 1.1 Million. The total framework agreement is expected to reach the tune of USD 3 Million.
The Tanzania Chief Justice said that so far eleven sets have been installed. Almawave reports show that the system is expected to be installed in 50 courtrooms out of 169 courtrooms in Tanzania.
Tanzania court has about 10 ICT systems with the most prominent being the e-case management system that supervises the overall case management in Tanzania, lawyers and clients have access to follow up their case proceedings directly through the system.
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Thanks to Chief Justice Prof. Ibrahim Hamis Juma for sharing its recognition to the value of innovative solutions like Almawave. The commitment to leveraging technology for the betterment of the justice system is truly commendable. Looking forward to seeing more positive impacts as these advancements continue to unfold.