The project “Development of a system for automated translation of Slovenian lectures into foreign languages” or Online Notes (ON) aims to develop a system that can machine translate Slovenian lectures into foreign languages in real time. The development is led by the Faculty of Computer Science and Informatics of the University of Ljubljana in cooperation with the Centre for Language Resources and Technologies of the University of Ljubljana. The aim of the project is to increase the accessibility of lectures for foreign students at home and abroad and for target groups with sensory disabilities.

The results of the project benefit several groups: real time translations make it easier for foreign students to follow lectures in Slovenian; transcripts in Slovenian increase accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing; and lecture extracts and recordings, accessible via a dedicated portal, are an excellent complement to electronic study materials.

A demonstration of how the system works can be seen in the video below (the video is in Slovene):
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Annual project progress reports are available at the links below. The project officially concluded in December 2024.

• 2021 Report  (December 15, 2021)
• 2022 Report  (December 15, 2022)
• 2023 Report (December 15, 2023)
• 2024 Report (December 15, 2024)

As of September 2025, the production version of the Online Notes system has been successfully tested at three events:

• introductory presentation of the Year Plus for foreign students learning Slovene as a foreign language (October 2025, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana);
• session College of the Deans (October 2025, Academy of Fine Arts and Design);
• opening address at the eLex 2025 conference (Electronic lexicography in the 21st century. (November 2025, Bled, Slovenia).

Bajec, M., Lebar Bajec, I., Šoltes, T., Cvek, J., Čibej, J., Gantar, K., Sever, S., & Krek, S. (2023). Online Notes – a real-time speech recognition and machine translation system for Slovene university lectures. 7–10. https://is.ijs.si/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IS2023_Volume-H.pdf

Šoltes, T., Bajec, M., Lebar Bajec, I., Gantar, K., & Žitnik, S. (2023). Online-notes system: real-time speech recognition and translation of lectures. 485–492. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-33080-3_29

Šoltes, T., Vasiljević, J., Bajec, M. Online Notes: sistem za razpoznavo govora in strojno prevajanje v realnem času na ravni univerzitetnih predavanj. Uporabna informatika. [Tiskana izd.]. 2024, letn. 32, št. 1, str. 32-41, ilustr. ISSN 1318-1882. https://uporabna-informatika.si/ui/article/view/225