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Microsoft's second annual group of recipients of its AI for Accessibility grant
were
announced<https://news.microsoft.com/features/microsofts-ai-for-accessibility-grant-winners-you-want-to-be-seen-as-the-person-you-are/>
this week, in conjunction with Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 16.
The grant was established in 2018, with the tech giant allotting a total of $25
million for funding artificial intelligence-powered, accessibility-focused
projects over the course of five years. Each chosen company receives a one-year
grant consisting of funding, engineering support and free use of Microsoft's
Azure AI platform.
Here are the seven new AI for Accessibility grantees.
* University of California Berkeley: The university's Video and Image
Processing Lab is developing an app that uses a smartphone's sensors and
cameras to provide captions and audio descriptions of surroundings for
vision-impaired users.
* Massachusetts Eye and Ear: The Harvard Medical School teaching hospital's
SuperVision Search app guides vision-impaired users in 12 cities to exact bus
stop locations.
* Voiceitt: The Israeli startup is building speech recognition technology
that can comprehend non-standard speech patterns, improving communication for
people with speech disabilities.
* Birmingham City University: Researchers at the English institution are
creating assistive technology that will allow individuals with limited mobility
to use voice commands and eye movements to control digital platforms.
* University of Sydney: The Australian university's scientists are
developing a real-time brain signal processing system that can predict when an
epilepsy patient's next seizure will strike.
* Pison Technology: The Boston-based company's wearable neuromuscular
sensing device enables easier communication for users with neuromuscular
disabilities such as ALS and MS via microgesture-based control of digital
platforms.
* Our Ability: The nonprofit, based in Glenmont, N.Y., fosters more
inclusive hiring practices in scientific fields by helping people with
cognitive disabilities prepare for job interviews with the help of an
AI-enabled chatbot.
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