IqraEval.2 Challenge @ Interspeech 2026 — Deadline Approaching Soon!
Shammur Absar Chowdhury
After the 1st successful edition @ArabicNLP, we’re now running the 2nd edition of #IqraEval, dedicated to advancing automatic mispronunciation detection for Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).
If you’ve been thinking about participating, this is a great moment to jump in: submit your system, track your progress on the leaderboard, and get ready for Interspeech 2026.
We’ve made everything publicly available here:
- Task details, dataset, phoneme set & evaluation protocol: 👉 https://huggingface.co/spaces/IqraEval/IqraEval_Interspeech_26
- Public models & tools (Hugging Face): 👉 https://huggingface.co/IqraEval
- Register for the challenge: 👉 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDyEP7vzJnpvthiEK6WPws2vpuI_yqbzOzEVqHKs0wdDY_Lg/viewform
Key dates:
Dec 15: Data, phoneme set & phonemizer release
Feb 15: Registration deadline + leaderboard freeze
Feb 17: Official results announced
Feb 25: Challenge paper submission deadline
Looking forward to seeing your submissions on the leaderboard! 🚀
For more details, feel free to reach out to any of us:
Amit Meghanani; University of Sheffield
Mostafa Shahin; University of New South Wales
Omnia Ibrahim; Alexandria University
Hawau Olamide Toyin; MBZUAI
Nada AlMarwani; Taibah University
Youssef Elshahawy; HUMAIN
Shammur Absar Chowdhury; QCRI
Ahmed Ali; HUMAIN
| Shammur Absar Chowdhury |
| Scientist |
| Qatar Computing Research Institute |