README.md

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## Overview 

Iqra'Eval is a shared task aimed at advancing **automatic assessment of Qur'anic recitation pronunciation at the phoneme level** by leveraging computational methods to detect and diagnose pronunciation errors. The focus on Qur'anic recitation provides a standardized and well-defined context for evaluating modern standard Arabic pronunciation.

Participants will develop systems capable of Detecting Mispronunciations (e.g., substitution, deletion, or insertion **of phonemes**).

## 🔗 Full Task Description

For a complete overview of the Iqra'Eval shared task—including background, data details, evaluation setup, and submission instructions—please visit the official Hugging Face Space:

👉 [**IqraEval Challenge @ InterSpeech26**](https://huggingface.co/spaces/IqraEval/IqraEval_Interspeech_26)

You can also read our paper:

📄 [**Towards a Unified Benchmark for Arabic Pronunciation Assessment: Quranic Recitation as Case Study**](https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07722)

For inquiries and support, reach out to the task coordinators at [iqraeval@googlegroups.com](mailto:iqraeval@googlegroups.com).

## Registration opens on **December 1st, 2025**

Teams and individual participants must register to gain access to the test set. Please complete the registration form using the link below: [**Registration Form**](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDyEP7vzJnpvthiEK6WPws2vpuI_yqbzOzEVqHKs0wdDY_Lg/viewform)


## Organizers

The following individuals are organizing this shared task:

- **Yassine El Kheir**; *DFKI & Technical University of Berlin* <!--; 📧 yassine.el_kheir@dfki.de -->
- **Amit Meghanani**; *University of Sheffield* <!--; 📧 ameghanani1@sheffield.ac.uk -->
- **Mostafa Shahin**; *University of New South Wales* <!--; 📧 mostafa.shahin@ieee.org -->
- **Omnia Ibrahim**; *Alexandria University* <!--; 📧 omniaabdo89@gmail.com -->
- **Hawau Olamide Toyin**; *MBZUAI* <!--; 📧 hawau.toyin@mbzuai.ac.ae -->
- **Shammur Absar Chowdhury**; *QCRI* <!--; 📧 schowdhury@hbku.edu.qa -->
- **Nada AlMarwani**; *Taibah University* <!--; 📧 nmarwani@taibahu.edu.sa -->
- **Youssef Elshahawy**; *HUMAIN* <!--; 📧 ameghanani1@sheffield.ac.uk -->
- **Ahmed Ali**; *HUMAIN* <!--; 📧 ahmed.email.ali@ieee.org -->
  
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| **July 27, 2025** | End of evaluation cycle (test set submission closes)                     |
| **July 30, 2025** | Final results released                                                    |
| **August 15, 2025** | Paper submission deadline                                    |
| **August 22, 2025** | Notification of acceptance                                              |
| **September 5, 2025** | Camera-ready submission    
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<!-- ## Description

The Iqra’Eval shared task focuses on automatic mispronunciation detection and diagnosis in Qur’anic recitation. Given a speech segment and its corresponding fully vowelized reference transcript, the goal is to identify **phoneme** pronunciation errors. -->