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University of Illinois joins five technology industry leaders in new Speech Accessibility Project
Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft and nonprofit partners pledge to expand speech recognition capabilities for people with disabilities and diverse speech patterns.
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October 3, 2022
URBANA, ILLINOIS – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has announced the Speech Accessibility Project, a new research initiative to make voice recognition technology more useful for people with a range of diverse
speech patterns and disabilities. The project launches with cross-industry support from Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, as well as nonprofit organizations whose communities will benefit from this accessibility initiative, to make speech
recognition more inclusive of diverse speech patterns.
“The option to communicate and operate devices with speech is crucial for anyone interacting with technology or the digital [...]
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