How Google Is Using AI To Make Voice Recognition Work For People With Disabilities

Published 25th June 2019

Want to schedule an appointment? Just ask your phone. Need to turn on your bedroom lights? Google Home has you covered.

Now a $49 billion market, voice-activated systems have gained popularity among consumers, thanks to their ability to automate and streamline mundane tasks. But for people with impaired speech,  technologies that rely on voice commands have proved to be far from perfect.

That’s the impetus for Google’s newly formed Project Euphonia, part of the company’s AI for Social Good program. The project team is exploring ways to improve speech recognition for people who are deaf or have neurological conditions such as ALS, stroke, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis or traumatic brain injury.

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Source:
Ruth Umoh, 2019, Forbes (https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthumoh/2019/06/10/how-google-is-using-ai-to-make-voice-recognition-work-for-the-disabled/#782908203c3e)