ObjectiveEd Joins Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility Program
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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ObjectiveEd has joined Microsoft Corp.’s AI for Accessibility program to help further its efforts in maximizing educational outcomes for children with disabilities. Instead of always requiring a teacher to monitor a student’s reading, we use speech recognition and gamification to enable a student to progress independently. “According to the American Foundation for the Blind, braille literacy has been proven to improve educational outcomes and job opportunities, so we are very excited that we can better the lives of students with our technology,” added Schultz. It is a call to action for developers, NGOs, academics, researchers and inventors to accelerate their work for people with disabilities, focusing on three challenges: Employment, Daily Life and Communication and Connection. Through grants, technology and AI expertise, the program aims to accelerate the development of accessible and intelligent AI solutions and build on recent advancements in Microsoft Cognitive Services to help developers create intelligent apps that can see, hear, speak, understand and interpret people’s needs.
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