UP Digital Humanities students present RIMAY, a platform that promotes linguistic inclusion through AI

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July 20 , 2025

The Universidad del Pacífico team show how, through collaborative and accessible technology, it is possible to strengthen the spoken use of native languages such as Quechua and close structural gaps in education, health, and public services.

As part of the Future Festival, UP Digital Humanities students from the Universidad del Pacífico presented RIMAY, a project that seeks to collect recordings of native languages through a collaborative platform. The inititiative—focused initially on Cuzco Quechua—proposes to train text-to-speech artificial intelligence systems in order to make these languages more accessible in the digital environment. The event, held on Friday, June 6 on the UP campus, was attended by university leaders, students, and professors.

The team is made up of:

Xiomara Yon Leiva (Digital Humanities)
Joaquin Suazo Luna Victoria (Digital Humanities)
Renato de Col (Digital Humanities)
Alessandro Ortiz Alcántara (Digital Humanities)
Fiorella Azañedo Soto (Digital Humanities)
Renzo Peña Lostaunau (Digital Humanities)
Victor Tejada Ubillús (Marketing)

A space for building more desirable futures

The event began with words of welcome from Verónica Contreras, director of Innova UP, who highlighted the purpose of the Future Festival and the role of the university community in innovation with purpose.

“At Innova UP, our goal is to develop the UP community's capacity to innovate. We look to strengthen their curiosity, their creative confidence, and cultivate a mindset that allows us to face the challenges of the future with courage and resilience,” noted the center's director. Ms. Contreras also stressed that the event sought to inspire, connect, and mobilize students, professors, administrative staff, and families around the construction of more preferable and necessary futures.

A solution based on orality and collaborative technology

During the presentation, the team explained how the RIMAY idea came to life and what problems it seeks to address. The platform was designed to be accessible, horizontal, and collaborative, allowing anyone who speaks a native language to record their voice from wherever they are, without the need for expensive equipment or a fast internet connection.

“Many people who speak native languages cannot access public procedures, health services, or digital education because everything is in Spanish. RIMAY emerged to break that barrier and give value back to orality,” the team explained during their presentation.

The RIMAY participants also noted that their offer differs from other projects with its ethical, decentralized structure based on the real, unfiltered and non-standardized use of language. The talk closed in a participatory fashion: Team members invited the audience to scan a QR code to participate in a trivia game with questions aimed at reinforcing their knowledge about the initiative.

The impact of Digital Humanities

Proposals like RIMAY not only integrate technology and humanities but also showcase students' potential to develop ethical, collaborative solutions that make a real social impact. This initiative invites us to reflect on the transformational role that the Digital Humanities can play when they are geared toward solving specific problems in diverse contexts.

In this way, Universidad del Pacífico reaffirms its commitment to an education focused on innovation with purpose, the development of digital skills, and the promotion of projects with social impact.

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