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Executive Summary Executive Summary Trust constitutes the foundational operating condition of accessibility services. Within Deaf communities, sign language interpreters routinely facilitate communication in healthcare, education, employment, legal proceedings, mental health services, domestic violence advocacy, and government programs. In these settings,…
Read NowFor decades, accessibility advocacy focused on obtaining access to systems from which disabled people had been excluded. The struggle was understandable. Participation required accommodation. Inclusion required recognition. Access required institutional change. Yet the arrival of increasingly sophisticated accessibility technologies introduces…
Read NowThe accessibility sector has become remarkably effective at measuring absence. We can quantify caption accuracy, calculate speech recognition error rates, audit websites for compliance failures, and produce increasingly sophisticated dashboards that catalogue where barriers remain. Yet there is a curious…
Read NowThe Most Common Mistake in Accessibility Innovation Accessibility movements have spent generations fighting for representation. The demand has been both simple and profound: nothing about us without us. Communities historically excluded from decision-making sought not merely a seat at the…
Read NowAccessibility, Expertise, and the Problem of Legitimacy Every era produces technologies that seem to arrive ahead of the institutions needed to govern them. Railroads transformed transportation before modern safety regulation emerged. Radio reshaped communication before societies established norms for licensing…
Read NowFor decades, Deaf communities have fought for representation in spaces where decisions about accessibility were often made without them. The demand was both reasonable and necessary. Policies affecting Deaf people should include Deaf voices. Technologies intended to serve Deaf people…
Read NowOver the past several months, a recurring theme has begun to emerge across conversations surrounding sign language technologies, accessibility innovation, and artificial intelligence. Regardless of whether the discussion originates in academia, industry, government, or community spaces, participants inevitably arrive at…
Read NowThe conversation around sign language AI is changing rapidly. Only a few years ago, many people viewed the concept as little more than a research project. It lived primarily in academic journals, conference presentations, and speculative discussions about what might…
Read NowThe People Behind the Avatar The public conversation surrounding sign language artificial intelligence is often dominated by demonstrations. Conference audiences watch photorealistic avatars translate announcements into sign language. Transit authorities showcase accessibility pilots in airports and train stations. Technology vendors…
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