Blazing the Trail: UNILAG Mech. Engineering Student Builds Text-to-Speech Model
A final year student of Mechanical Engineering, University of Lagos, Saheed Azeez has successfully built an interesting text-to-speech AI model, with a unique twist – it reads out text in clear Nigerian accents. Called YarnGPT, this model accommodates all the nuances and complexities of Nigerian languages. In this interview, Saheed Azeez speaks about his innovation, and how he was able to juggle working on it and being a student. We understand that you invented a […]
From Class to Field: Students Undertake Faculty Building Maintenance
The Faculty of Environmental Sciences Building of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) is currently undergoing remedial works (facelift) courtesy of 300 level students across the Departments of Building, Estate Management, Quantity Surveying and Technology Education. The remedial works is an operationalization of the practical component of Building Maintenance which is a major course taken by 300 level students across the 4 (four) departments involved. The project covers repairs, maintenance and painting of the façade, classrooms […]
