Gcore Luxembourgish Translator Recognised at EMEA NVIDIA Partner Network Awards

On Tuesday 23 April 2024, Gcore, a Luxembourgish company specialising in public cloud and edge computing, artificial intelligence (AI), content delivery, hosting and security solutions, announced its recognition in the Industry Innovation category at the NVIDIA Partner Network Awards EMEA 2024 for its speech-to-text Luxembourgish translator.

The NVIDIA Partner Network Awards celebrate the contributions of partners providing innovative approaches in accelerated computing and AI. The Industry Innovation Award recognises partners who have led transformation within a specific industry or field.

Gcore used AI to launch the first advanced machine learning model for speech-to-text translation from English to Luxembourgish. The model, which was developed in Luxembourg, can be used to translate entire recordings for various mediums, including theatre, film, or music, from English into Luxembourgish text – for example, in the form of film subtitles.

Gcore is currently working on enabling real-time translations for use during conferences and events. The company’s plans also include adding other commonly used languages in Luxembourg, such as French and German, to the translation tool, making speech-to-text translation a key mode of cross-language communication.

Commenting on the award, Andre Reitenbach, CEO of Gcore, said: “We are delighted to receive this recognition from the NVIDIA Partner Network. Aware of the growing demand from the Luxembourgish public, expats, and local businesses for translation from English to Luxembourgish, Gcore is committed to making communication seamless and efficient. Our groundbreaking AI app for speech recognition sets a new standard, demonstrating our leadership in edge AI services. We are honoured to be acknowledged by the NVIDIA Partner Network for our innovative contribution to the AI landscape.”

“AI fosters communication and connection through its ability to translate across languages,” added Dirk Barfuss, Director of EMEA Channel at NVIDIA. “Gcore is recognised as 2024 EMEA NPN Highly Commended in the Industry Innovator category for its achievements in creating the first advanced speech-to-text translation from English to Luxembourgish, powered by NVIDIA GPUs.”

Gcore’s model was built on Whisper Small – the downsized version of the open-source Whisper model, containing 244 million weights. To meet this substantial demand for computing resources, Gcore used a high-end solution powered by the NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU.