November 1, 2022
We share the updates and highlight from our recent interview research with people who stutter on their experiences with videoconferences and videoconferencing technologies.
August 26, 2022
Lindsay and Shaomei had a discussion about Shaomei's recent experience at the National Stuttering Association annual conference, covering topics across AImpower's goals, Shaomei's personal identity as PWS, her connection to the stuttering community, and the lessons she learned at the conference.
April 27, 2022
I had the pleasure to be invited to speak to students from the Columbia Data for Social Good club at their monthly event on April 27, 2022. Under the theme of Equity for Marginalized Communities using Tech, I discussed the issues, challenges, and opportunities with AI for disabled people. Here is an […]
March 28, 2022
Speech recognition technology has progressed a lot in recent years, especially when using modern deep learning techniques. While new models such as Facebook AI Research’s wav2vec has achieved 2.43 WER (Word Error Rate) in research benchmark dataset, their performance usually tanks when processing atypical speech, such as, speech by people who stutter, […]