Expert Resources: AI


These are the items that relate to AI found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.

  • Five tips for accessible speech recognition using AI

    Claudia.Cahalane | 18 Dec 2017
    The latest advances in Artificial Intelligence are powering ever-greater voice-recognition capabilities - but how do we build machines we can to talk in ways that are intelligible and sensible to a range of people, including those with disabilities, asks Léonie Watson’s at TechShare Pro.

  • Microsoft Seeing AI - the best ever app for blind people just got even better

    Robin Christopherson | 14 Dec 2017
    Seeing AI: Microsoft’s revolutionary app that helps blind users understand the world around them, has just got even better with the addition of several new functions including handwriting and colour recognition. The best app to help blind users access the world has just got even better, and it’s...

  • How AI could transform the lives of disabled people

    Claudia.Cahalane | 11 Dec 2017
    “The Echo Dot makes me feel included," says Ellie Southwood, chair of The Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB). “I spend far less time searching for things online; I can multi-task while online and be more productive.

  • Alexa vs Google Home vs Cortana: The battle to reach every user intensifies

    Robin Christopherson | 20 Nov 2017
    In recent weeks the number of voice assistants has multiplied. But in the arms race to reach every household, which one is best at reaching every user regardless of impairment or disability?

  • How Artificial Intelligence is empowering people on the autism spectrum

    Mark Walker | 30 Oct 2017
    Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is empowering people with physical disabilities, allowing them to take charge of their own lives but it’s also having a surprising impact on people with neuro-diverse conditions like autism. It’s easy to generalise about people on the autism spectrum; they like...