Science without Walls – AImpower’s presentation at AAAS 2024 Annual Meeting
February 20, 2024
Co-design Inclusive and Empathetic Videoconferencing Experience with People Who Stutter
March 13, 2024
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One Story
This 2016 Oscar-winning short film “Stutterer” illuminates the journey of a man seeking connection and self-expression while navigating life with a stutter. The story sheds light on challenges faced by marginalized communities in a world not designed for diverse needs. Full Video >>
One Product
While AI speech recognition error rates are typically under 10%, for people with speech impairments the rate can be 50-90% higher
This WSJ podcast features Michael Cash, a specialist with cerebral palsy, sharing his experiences with voice recognition tools and how innovation might become more inclusive. Full Article >>
One Research
In this in-house research, AImpower.org team profile a Chinese stuttering community collecting speech data to progress solutions. While community-led efforts raise capacity and agency, open sourcing data and legal frameworks pose challenges. We call for infrastructure enabling marginalized groups to steward data advancing their empowerment. Full Article >>
One Tip
Struggling to teach smartphone use? This article shares 10 tips to make iPhones more senior-friendly – simple adjustments providing accessibility and enhancing adoption regardless of age or tech comfort levels. Full Article >>
One Event
Date: 2024-03-18
The Center on Disabilities at CSUN has hosted the annual Assistive Technology Conference for more than 37 years, creating an inclusive forum where researchers, practitioners, exhibitors, end users, speakers and attendees can come together to exchange ideas, showcase innovations, and share best practices related to assistive technologies. Full Article >>
Jobs
Nonprofit Khan Academy seeks diverse talent – including content, legal and engineering roles – to fulfill its mission of accessible, world-class education for all. Full Article >>
Our Progress
- AAAS Conference Talk: We recently presented a talk at the AAAS conference. Full Article >>
- CHI Accepted Papers: Two of our research papers were recently accepted for presentation at the upcoming CHI conference in May.
1. Towards Fair and Inclusive Speech Recognition for Stuttering: Community-led Chinese Stuttered Speech Dataset Creation and Benchmarking
2. Finding My Voice over Zoom: An Autoethnography of Videoconferencing Experience for a Person Who Stutters
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