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Hospitals are not testing grounds for immature accessibility technology. A mistranslated grocery order is inconvenient. A mistranslated explanation of surgical complications, medication dosage, psychiatric evaluation, or emergency consent can alter the course of someone’s life. That distinction matters because much…
Read NowArtificial intelligence has become an increasingly significant component of contemporary public administration, reshaping how governments allocate resources, procure services, deliver public programs, and interact with citizens (Wirtz et al., 2019; Zuiderwijk et al., 2021). The rapid expansion of AI across…
Read NowFor decades, Deaf people fought a battle that most of society barely noticed. They fought for recognition that signed languages were real languages. They fought educational systems that discouraged or outright prohibited signing. They fought employers who viewed communication access…
Read NowA procurement officer evaluating a signing avatar system has instruments for nearly everything except the thing that matters. There are established questions for encryption at rest and in transit, for data residency, for subprocessor disclosure, for uptime guarantees, for indemnification,…
Read NowThe public discourse surrounding sign language artificial intelligence is, at its surface, a debate about technology. Proponents emphasize innovation trajectories. Critics enumerate risks. Researchers interrogate accuracy metrics. Vendors map market opportunities. Beneath the technical register of these conversations, however, lies…
Read NowFor decades, Sorenson occupied a distinctive position within the Deaf community’s institutional landscape. Its reputation was not built on product innovation in the conventional sense. It was built on interpreters, relay infrastructure, and the operational architecture that enabled Deaf individuals…
Read NowThe discourse surrounding sign language artificial intelligence has settled into a familiar rhythm. Announcements accumulate. Demonstrations proliferate. Platforms emerge. Each cycle reinforces a singular narrative: technological capability is advancing, communication barriers are eroding, and the future of accessibility is being…
Read NowGovernments are purchasing language access systems before the evidence base has matured. This is a public accountability crisis in slow motion. The Procurement Moment Government agencies are being asked to make significant purchasing decisions about sign language AI systems before…
Read NowEmerging technologies are permitted to build in public. Emerging accountability frameworks must be permitted to do the same. The asymmetry between those two allowances is not incidental, and it is not neutral. Every new institution passes through a period in…
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