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.

Recently, I’ve seen growing interest in tools like Sign-Speak and SignGemma — both exploring how AI can better understand sign language, not just display it. 🧠 Sign-Speak focuses on real-time sign-to-text and sign-to-voice translation, giving Deaf users and interpreters more direct ways to communicate.🤖 SignGemma , from Google DeepMind, explores sign language recognition using large-scale AI models. Out there, we already see many providers creating audio-to-text , tex

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

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

Yesterday, I saw a National Grid vehicle nearby and experienced a power cut. The standard advice? "Call 105." But what happens if you're:...