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"For Deaf people, train travel can be a gamble. On an average day, nothing goes
wrong: they catch their train to their destination and carry on with their
business.
But when something out of the ordinary happens, the situation can quickly get
scary, because most updates are only delivered by audio announcements. A Deaf
traveller may miss their train because it was moved to a different platform, or
watch as their station whizzes by because the train isn’t stopping there today.
They may also remain on a train carriage in an emergency after everyone else
has evacuated, and have to be rescued by station staff.
Every single one of these examples has been drawn from the real life
experiences of Deaf people in Sydney. But my colleagues and I are working with
Sydney Trains and members of the Australian Deaf community to develop an
advanced, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered signing avatar which can
automatically translate audio announcements into Auslan.
Our work on the avatar also builds towards the next step: developing AI systems
which can “understand” Auslan."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
