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.

We’ve seen major advances in virtual meeting platforms - real-time captions , gesture recognition , and even eye gaze interaction . These...

This month, a major tech company launched a new ‘AI mode’ for search in the UK. It gives you fast answers in a friendly, chat-like way — less scrolling, fewer links. But here’s a question: Why not use search AI to learn sign language glosses? BSL, ASL, LSF, ISL, and more - over 70 million Deaf people use sign languages as their first language. This could help hearing people learn to communicate. It could help Deaf people study glosses, grammar, and comparisons across language

As artificial intelligence continues to shape how we work, communicate, and access services, there’s a growing concern that Deaf...

Because everyone deserves access to information, even on the road. Many people enjoy listening to radio updates while driving: 🎶 Music | 🗞 News | ☀️ Weather | 🚦 Traffic But what about Deaf and hard-of-hearing people? 💡 Imagine This: 🎙️ Live radio audio is transcribed in real time into text on the dashboard screen. 🤟 That text is translated into British Sign Language (BSL) using either AI signers or human interpreters. 🧏‍♀️ Deaf drivers and passengers can independen