Tech4ALL Digest, October 8
October 8, 2024
Tech4ALL Digest, Nov 5
November 6, 2024
Our Progress
- 👀 Check out the visualized report of our latest work on Mandarin stuttered speech collection and ASR model improvement. Huge kudos to our talented volunteers Bridget Ho, and Nhi Tran for building the interactive visualizations!
- We are thrilled and grateful to announce that AImpower.org has received a grant from the Patrick J McGovern Foundation. This support will be instrumental in advancing our mission to develop inclusive AI technologies that empower communities with speech diversities.
- We’re excited to announce that we’ve submitted a workshop proposal for CHI 2025. This proposal aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and community members to discuss inclusive speech AI technologies.
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One Product
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One Tip
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One Event
Date: 2024-11-27
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Jobs
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