AI is fueling a new generation of technologies to help people who live with disabilities. Why it matters: The right technologies can be life-changing for people living with a disability and will be essential in supporting our aging population, as healthcare costs skyrocket. via: Assistive technology is AI’s next billion-person market https://www.axios.com/2024/01/12/ai-assistive-technology-accessibility
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Accessibility and AI
For over 30 years I’ve believed and said people living with disability stand to benefit the most from technology as a tool. So good to see Accessibility being thought, talked about and more inportantly actioned at high levels in companies. Marques talking with Satya Clip from a video by Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) on Youtube. TranscriptContinueContinue reading “Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Accessibility and AI”
Here are the ways AI is helping to improve accessibility
Smart home speakers and voice assistants Smart home speakers like Google Home, Amazon’s Echo series, and Apple’s HomePod have given digital voice assistants a new lease on life — and they aren’t just a lazy way to queue up your favorite podcasts. For people with certain disabilities, they’re a godsend. … Speech-to-text and text-to-speech SmartContinueContinue reading “Here are the ways AI is helping to improve accessibility”
Microsoft app that tells the visually impaired what’s in front of them
This free app is helping the visually impaired Thursday, 13 Jul 2017 | 8:39 AM ET | 01:36 Microsoft is putting its artificial intelligence technology to work to help the visually impaired. The company said on Wednesday that it’s releasing an iOS app called Seeing AI that uses an iPhone’s camera to tell people about objects in frontContinueContinue reading “Microsoft app that tells the visually impaired what’s in front of them”
How Designing For Disabled People Is Giving Google An Edge
Google’s Eve Andersson tells Co.Design how today’s accessibility problems could lead to improvements in robots, Google Maps, and even YouTube. … TEACHING AIS HOW TO NOTICE, NOT JUST SEE Like Microsoft, which recently announced a computer vision-based accessibility project called Seeing AI, Google’s interested in how to convey visual information to blind users through computerContinueContinue reading “How Designing For Disabled People Is Giving Google An Edge”
