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AI helping differently-abled to become more independent: Microsoft
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SME Times News Bureau | 16 Feb, 2019
Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions are empowering
differently-abled people with tools that support independence and
productivity, a top Microsoft executive said here on Friday.
The
software giant last year launched its five-year, $25 million "AI for
Accessibility" programme that harnesses the power of AI to amplify human
capability for the more than one billion people around the world with a
disability.
"At Microsoft, we believe there are no limits to
what people can achieve when technology reflects the diversity of
everyone who uses it," Sriram Rajamani, Managing Director, Microsoft
Research India, said on the inaugural day of the two-day "Accessibility
Summit - Empowering for Inclusion" here.
Real time
speech-to-text transcription, computer vision capabilities and
predictive text functionality are just a few examples of how AI is
useful to people with disabilities.
Inaugurating the summit,
Shakuntala Doley Gamlin, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons
with Disabilities at the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry, said
that a strong public-private partnership can go a long way in empowering
the differently-abled with equal access and opportunity.
Microsoft
hosted the summit in collaboration with the National Association of the
Deaf and National Centre for Promotion of Employment of Disabled People
(NCPEPD), a non-profit organisation.
The two-day conference
will also combine a rich mix of master classes and access to Microsoft's
"AI for Accessibility" resources for the developer community with a
showcase of inclusive technology, Microsoft said.
The showcase
will feature technology-based projects from non-profit organisations,
assistive technologies developed by leading technology companies,
Microsoft partners as well as Microsoft solutions, the company added.
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