July 1, 2025
Announcement of AImpower.org's partnership with the Speech Accessibility Project to collect stuttered speech for more inclusive speech AI.
November 7, 2024
By Charan Sridhar (Research & Engineering Intern at AImpower.org) Introduction to Speech to Text Software Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) technologies are something most of us take for granted. These technologies process spoken language and convert it into written text, and most of us use them nearly every day through tools […]
March 13, 2024
Challenges with videoconferencing In this post-pandemic era, videoconferencing has become a prominent medium of communication in both our professional and personal lives. This shift, while bringing many conveniences, also introduces a set of challenges such as reduced non-verbal cues, turn-taking confusion, distractions, and heightened self-consciousness which can lead to “Zoom […]
February 20, 2024
By Shaomei Wu I was very excited to speak at American Association for Advancements in Science’s Annual Meeting last week in Denver, with the support and sponsorship from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). This year’s meeting theme is “Science without Walls”, which aligns so well with AImpower.org’s mission to dismantle […]
September 22, 2023
As we enter the era of remote and hybrid work, videoconferencing has become an essential for today's workplace. While telecommunication technologies are often optimized for efficiency and productivity, the emotional experience of communication is often under supported.
At AImpower, we work with the stuttering community to investigate and re-invent videoconferencing technologies to promote an inclusive and empowering virtual meeting experience, that fosters empathy, authenticity, a sense of belonging, and emotional connections. Ran, our head of product, shares some insights into our journey of developing products that enhance virtual conferencing experiences for individuals with diverse speaking abilities.
September 13, 2023
Dyslexia is a neurodivergence that impacts one’s ability to process and produce textual information. While previous research has identified unique patterns in the writings of people with dyslexia – such as letter swapping and homophone confusion – that deviant themselves from the text typically used in the training and evaluation […]
June 13, 2023
Join us at the "Claim Your Virtual Presence" workshop at the National Stuttering Association's Annual Conference this year!
January 20, 2023
Post-OSS updates and reflections (1/24/2023) I tried out the format of doing the “live” presentation with a recorded talk (slides) today, and it worked surprisingly well, especially for virtual meetings! How it works: What I like about this format: I am so glad that we tried out this format – […]
January 18, 2023
We are excited to share that, our research with the stuttering community on their videoconferencing experience has been accepted by the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23)! Our paper, titled “‘The World is Designed for Fluent People’: Benefits and Challenges of Videoconferencing Technologies for People […]