Opportunities for Ukrainians · 2026-11-07
Ministry of Digital Transformation seeks volunteers to help train Ukrainian AI model «Siyvo»
Volunteers don't need programming skills: they can check text that a computer has read from old scanned documents and correct the mistakes.
What volunteers need to do
Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation (Mintsyfra) is looking for volunteers to help prepare data for training the Ukrainian language model «Siyvo». The model is being developed together with Kyivstar.
Volunteers will work with archival documents. A computer has already read the text from the scans, but the recognition is not always accurate. The human task is to compare the text with the original scan, fix inaccuracies, and mark which fragments are printed and which are handwritten.
The work is done in the Label Studio service. No technical experience is required.
How to join
Those who want to take part need to fill out a short questionnaire. After that, coordinators will send instructions and give access to the work platform.
The news text does not give a direct link to the questionnaire. It is worth checking the original Mintsyfra announcement, which is listed in the resources below.
Why it matters
Before archival texts can be used to train AI, it must be confirmed that they were recognized correctly. For this purpose, the State Archival Service of Ukraine has already transferred 10 terabytes of data: historical materials from different eras, government documents, and scientific texts.
More than 50 partners have joined the data collection for this model, including universities, libraries, and media outlets. In other words, volunteer help directly affects what the Ukrainian AI model will be like.
Useful from the source
- Original Mintsyfra announcement about volunteer recruitment for «Siyvo» — Official Mintsyfra news explaining how to join the creation of Ukrainian AI without writing any code.
Sources: 🔗 DOU/dev.ua