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NOVARA CONSULTING GROUP · NCG SPECIAL ARTICLE The Coordinates of Trust A governance reading of Google DeepMind’s SL2T Heather M. Grizzle · Novara Consulting Group · 22 August 2026 On 12 August 2026, Google DeepMind released SL2T, a sign-language-to-text translation…
Read NowEvery AI deployment moves risk onto someone. In most cases it lands on the person with the least ability to detect an error and the least authority to challenge it. Heather M. Grizzle Novara Consulting Group August 17, 2026 Earlier…
Read NowOn August 12, Google DeepMind announced SL2T, a multilingual sign-language-to-text model, and began shipping it in consumer products through Gboard and Live Transcribe on the Pixel 11. The initial release translates American Sign Language into English, with additional devices and…
Read NowTHE FIFTH PARAMETER Novara Consulting Group · Novara Press · Journal of Governance and Evidence in Accessibility AI The Fifth Parameter, Vol. 1 · Issue no 13 AUTHOR Heather M. Grizzle ORCID 0009-0005-2605-8256 EVIDENCE DATE Current to August 2026 KEYWORDS …
Read NowExecutive Summary Sign language artificial intelligence, whether built for recognition, translation, or avatar-based generation, depends structurally on video or biometric capture of Deaf and hard of hearing users. This dependency creates a data governance problem that has received far less…
Read NowExecutive Summary Institutions acquiring artificial intelligence systems for communication access are increasingly confident that they have managed risk, and that confidence is increasingly unearned. The confidence rests on artifacts: completed checklists, vendor documentation, scripted demonstrations, negotiated warranty language, filed accessibility…
Read NowThe history of public procurement can be read, in part, as the history of documentary trust. Governments rarely purchase software after examining its source code. Universities do not independently inspect every security control claimed by a learning management system, nor…
Read NowThe history of public procurement can be read, in part, as the history of documentary trust. Governments rarely purchase software after examining its source code. Universities do not independently inspect every security control claimed by a learning management system, nor…
Read NowDisney’s limited ASL rollout is not an isolated execution choice. It is a clean analog for what is currently unfolding across the sign language AI ecosystem. The pattern is identical. The delivery mechanism is different. From an NCG lens, this…
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