Tim Scannell, Accessibility Consultant:

Enhancing Access for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing by Focusing on Sign Language, Digital Accessibility, and Information Access for Everyone.

"Emphasising that accessibility is integral infrastructure, this infographic advocates for treating accessible communication services as essential, highlighting current revenue-sharing models in hearing industries and the FCC TRS model in the USA, with a call for ethical and sustainable practices in Europe." For many years, society has accepted platform fees, shared funding systems, and revenue-sharing models because people understand they support infrastructure, services, in

For years, Deaf people have adapted to systems that were never truly designed for us. We learned to navigate poor subtitles. Missed announcements. Phone-only services. Rooms where access depended on luck, kindness, or whether someone remembered to book an interpreter. Now AI is changing accessibility faster than many people expected. Live captions are improving. Translation tools are becoming smarter. Hospitals, workplaces, transport systems, and customer services are beginni

Before AI avatars, machine learning, motion capture, and sign language datasets, there were Deaf communities. There were Deaf people signing across dinner tables, in schools, churches, clubs, workplaces, and streets long before technology companies discovered sign language. Sign language did not begin with AI. It began with people. For centuries, Deaf communities built language, identity, humour, friendship, culture, education, and resilience together. Even during periods whe

I often think about AI and sign language beyond technology itself. Not only recognition systems, captions, translation models, or animated avatars. I think about people. AI and Sign Language: Enhancing Human Connection, Not Replacing It. This infographic highlights the importance of using AI to support the Deaf community, emphasising the rich history and strong future of sign language. It outlines the value of human involvement in developing AI systems and stresses the role o