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.

A welcome step from WFD This morning, I welcomed the WFD (World Federation of the Deaf) LinkedIn post about its Ad Hoc Group on Artificial Intelligence . I praise WFD for recognising that AI must be approached through human rights, accessibility, inclusion, and sign language perspectives . That is an important step forward. I hope this leads to trusted global leadership and real protection for Deaf communities as AI continues to develop at speed. Looking for country-level act

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 are  Deaf sports fans  who pay full subscription prices for  @DiscoveryPlusUK ,  @TNTSports , and  @AmazonUK  — yet for over a year,  live football and rugby have been broadcast without subtitles or audio description. 📅  Saturday 1st November 2025  –  live rugby and football on TNT Sports (via Discovery+ / Amazon Prime Video) 📅  Saturday 8th November 2025  –  Spurs v Manchester United on TNT Sports 1 👉 Both broadcasts had  no subtitles and no audio description .🎥 I’ve